What got breached this week? Ticket portals, DNA sites, and Atlanta's police cameras This week brought new charges for Marcus Hutchins, a novel way to sneak malware into archives, and shady hotspots for World Cup fans. There was also plenty of other security bits that didn't quite make the headlines. Here are some of the best. Apple wants to be cert-ain on certs Apple is going to make it harder for sites to …
First, that pic is of a New York City cop, not an Atlanta plod.
Second, the alleged breach allegedly resulted in some alleged cop cam footage going bye-bye, eh? If you actually believe that, I have a bridge for sale. In New York. What I think is that there might have been some embarrassing footage which is now no longer available, that's what I think. Cynical, and not trusting cops further than I can throw HMS Cruise Missile Target? You betcha.
Mine's the one with the working, turned on, camera attached to the lapel, thanks.
I wouldn't trust a LED, there is certainly some way to remotely deactivate it.
If the LED is simply a software status indicator then it is worth SFA. But correctly engineered the LED would be fed direct from the switched power to the webcam/microphone so it is an unambiguous indicator of the device being usable.
Sadly that is not how most things are done these days :(
I've just tested on my laptop, and there is an LED which is lit when the webcam is on. Unfortunately it is only barely daytime visible, even when I'm looking for it, so not much use. An LED (appropriately connected to the hardware, not software controllable) is a minimum, but a manual cover is a better option.
"Police Chief Erika Shields told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the city will hopefully still be able to proceed with the cases.
"But the dashcam doesn’t make the cases for us. There’s got to be the corroborating testimony of the officer," Shields was quoted as saying."
These days many juries (and hopefully judges) won't take the word of the cops without electronic evidence to back them up.
Why? Because unbeknownst to the users, their webcams were turned on and recording them. The video clips were captured by the scammers and used to compile 'testimonial' videos that would make their dodgy support operations seem more legit.
So record it with your Darth Vader voice changer while mooning the webcam.
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