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Hacking and Security => Hacking and Security => Topic started by: m0l0ko on March 26, 2013, 10:20:17 PM

Title: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: m0l0ko on March 26, 2013, 10:20:17 PM
I keep my webcam covered with blu-tac because I'm a paranoid bastard. I've never seen the light on my webcam go on by itself though. When a hacker hijacks a webcam, will the light always go on, or are there ways to bypass that?
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: puddi on March 26, 2013, 10:45:49 PM
only in movies
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: noob on March 26, 2013, 11:27:39 PM
You can disable it in Device Manager and enable it when you need for
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: rasenove on March 27, 2013, 05:39:35 AM
If someone wants to do that, he/she would have to replace the webcam driver with his/her won coded  driver .
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: silenthunder on March 27, 2013, 05:58:57 AM
If someone wants to do that, he/she would have to replace the webcam driver with his/her won coded  driver .

..that is based on the original camera's driver code
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: EMOKDOOM on March 27, 2013, 08:00:45 AM
Yeah, the states did it to Iran ;]
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: Kulverstukas on March 27, 2013, 08:26:25 AM
I use a laptop and my webcam does not have a light indicator. I keep the webcam covered as well :D

Yeah, the states did it to Iran ;]
What do you mean?
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: silenthunder on March 27, 2013, 02:02:32 PM
Yeah, the states did it to Iran ;]


Iran has compute- uhh, yeah, Iran has computers n stuff and we totally did that to them. XD
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: hanorotu on March 27, 2013, 06:49:33 PM
With some skiddy tools like a certain keylogger, it does take pictures every so often and send them, whether or not the light comes on is open to debate. On my eyetoy usb webcam, the light came on when the pictures were being taken. But it required special configuration, nothing worked "out of the box".
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: EMOKDOOM on March 28, 2013, 06:39:51 AM
Just realized i don't even have the drivers installed for my webcam, which host my mic. Guess i've been talking to myself in CS:GO.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: lucid on March 28, 2013, 10:51:17 PM
Lol, I'd be willing to bet that at least half the people here tape their webcam.

  ::) < this guy does
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: Stackprotector on March 28, 2013, 11:26:59 PM
I doubt a hacker would love to look trough my cam.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: Snayler on March 29, 2013, 01:22:41 AM
Lol, I'd be willing to bet that at least half the people here tape their webcam.

  ::) < this guy does
Yeah, count me in  :)
(http://s14.postimg.org/o5qzt5gq9/26032013033.jpg)

@OP: Yeah, I guess it's possible. Some cams you can do that by tweaking the registry, others may need some driver tweaking or firmware patch.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: silenthunder on March 29, 2013, 01:35:59 AM
I don't because of the lack of cosmetic appeal :/ My mom's all-in-one desktop had a built in webcam that kept turning on with the light so we taped it, I just secluded myself within the network.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: techb on March 29, 2013, 01:52:39 AM
In linux I think there is a way to disable le light in /sys/class somewhere. As for windows, usually when the webcam is powered on the light will show. For them to turn it off, it will have to be a driver of some kind. I doubt the built-in webcam is USB, but this link (http://www.jespersaur.com/drupal/book/export/html/21) might shed a bit-o-light. If it is built in though, I am thinking it might be something like I2C protocol or something.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: Axon on March 29, 2013, 07:03:50 AM
Since you have your cam taped, why do you have to worry about this. You can also disable your cam driver or delete it completely. Therefore, your pc will not identify it as part of the system, as for me I use an Asus laptop with a camera slider, when the light goes on you can't see anything until the slider is opened.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: Pak_Track on March 29, 2013, 12:31:37 PM
i have a webcam that has a slide up cover like this:
(http://homeshopping.pk/product_images/j/245/9__70384_zoom.jpg)
It's to protect the lense from dust and to protect yourself from hackers  8)
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: kenjoe41 on March 29, 2013, 06:59:03 PM
hahaha!! lucky for you man. I ductape my webcam all time till am calling my sweet mum.
i better think of this version of a webcam for my tower.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: Azryel on April 01, 2013, 11:02:46 PM
I had a cam that the light only came on in low light conditions.
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: tygahh on May 11, 2013, 02:59:18 PM
its possible for a good hacker to remotely turn on your webcam without your consent.
But the person must have got some software installed on your pc
Title: Re: Can hackers view your webcam without the light turning on?
Post by: Snayler on May 11, 2013, 03:44:58 PM
its possible for a good hacker to remotely turn on your webcam without your consent.
But the person must have got some software installed on your pc
That was really helpful, I had no idea! Can they also peek on your desktop? And run remote commands? I thought that would be impossible nowadays... </srcsm>