http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2211108/Could-phones-camera-secretly-taking-pictures-right-Hackers-use-lens-steal-private-data--build-3D-model-home.html By Eddie Wrenn Daily Mail 1 October 2012 A new app can 'virtually steal' from your home - by turning on your phone's camera and beaming images back to thieves. The software can even build up a 3D model of your home, from which the hackers can inspect your rooms, potentially gleaning information about valuables in your home, calendar entries as well as spying on you. The app was created by US military experts at Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, to show how cybercriminals could operate in the future. The PlaiceRaider creators even demonstrated how they could read the numbers of a cheque book when they tested the Android software on 20 volunteers. As long as the app could be installed on the users phone, it can instantly begin beaming back images from the phone when it senses the right conditions, and software on the other end can then re-construct maps of the visited room. [...] -- Certified Ethical Hacker and CISSP with ExpandingSecurity.com gives the best training and support. Last 2012 CISSP and CEH starts Oct. 1! Take action now and be done before 2012 ends. Best program, best price. CISSP info signup http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/cissp-live-online-10-week-course/ CEH info signup http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/ceh-certified-ethical-hacker-online/ Our Live Online classes will not wreck your schedule.Received on Wed Oct 03 2012 - 00:18:15 PDT
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