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Camfecting, in the field of computer security, is the process of attempting to hack into a person's webcam and activate it without the webcam owner's permission. The remotely activated webcam can be used to watch anything within the webcam's field of vision, sometimes including the webcam owner themselves. Camfecting is most often carried out by infecting the victim's computer with a virus that can provide the hacker access to their webcam. This attack is specifically targeted at the victim's webcam, and hence the name camfecting, a portmanteau of the words camera and infecting.

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  • Camfecting, in the field of computer security, is the process of attempting to hack into a person's webcam and activate it without the webcam owner's permission. The remotely activated webcam can be used to watch anything within the webcam's field of vision, sometimes including the webcam owner themselves. Camfecting is most often carried out by infecting the victim's computer with a virus that can provide the hacker access to their webcam. This attack is specifically targeted at the victim's webcam, and hence the name camfecting, a portmanteau of the words camera and infecting. Typically, a webcam hacker or a camfecter sends his victim an innocent-looking application which has a hidden Trojan software through which the camfecter can control the victim's webcam. The camfecter virus installs itself silently when the victim runs the original application. Once installed, the camfecter can turn on the webcam and capture pictures/videos. The camfecter software works just like the original webcam software present in the victim computer, the only difference being that the camfecter controls the software instead of the webcam's owner. (en)
  • Camfecting is het strafbare proces waarbij een hacker inbreekt in iemands persoonlijke webcam met als doel deze te activeren zonder de toelating van de persoon in kwestie. De eerste stap in camfecting is het infecteren van de computer. Deze infectering gebeurt meestal door het toedoen van het slachtoffer zelf doordat deze besmette software downloadt (zoals een Trojaans paard). Via deze software verschaft de hacker zich de toegang en kan hij alles en iedereen bekijken binnen het gezichtsveld van de webcam. (nl)
  • Camfecting indica, nell'ambito della sicurezza informatica, si indica il processo con il quale viene tentato l'hacking della webcam di una persona per attivarla senza il permesso dell'utente. (it)
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  • Camfecting is het strafbare proces waarbij een hacker inbreekt in iemands persoonlijke webcam met als doel deze te activeren zonder de toelating van de persoon in kwestie. De eerste stap in camfecting is het infecteren van de computer. Deze infectering gebeurt meestal door het toedoen van het slachtoffer zelf doordat deze besmette software downloadt (zoals een Trojaans paard). Via deze software verschaft de hacker zich de toegang en kan hij alles en iedereen bekijken binnen het gezichtsveld van de webcam. (nl)
  • Camfecting indica, nell'ambito della sicurezza informatica, si indica il processo con il quale viene tentato l'hacking della webcam di una persona per attivarla senza il permesso dell'utente. (it)
  • Camfecting, in the field of computer security, is the process of attempting to hack into a person's webcam and activate it without the webcam owner's permission. The remotely activated webcam can be used to watch anything within the webcam's field of vision, sometimes including the webcam owner themselves. Camfecting is most often carried out by infecting the victim's computer with a virus that can provide the hacker access to their webcam. This attack is specifically targeted at the victim's webcam, and hence the name camfecting, a portmanteau of the words camera and infecting. (en)
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  • Camfecting (en)
  • Camfecting (it)
  • Camfecting (nl)
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