A webcam can be hijacked through a legitimate app, program, or device that has a vulnerability exploited by attackers. Or, users might unwittingly download malware from phishing links, email ...

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Sextortion-based hacking, which hijacks a victim's webcam or blackmails them with nudes they're tricked or coerced into ...

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The researcher found that he could gain unauthorized camera access via a shared iCloud document that could also “hack every website you’ve ever visited.” A researcher who showed Apple how its webcams ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston mother found hackers watching her daughters' bedroom using a webcam. Now, she's keeping her kids off the internet entirely. "They were able to find her IP address of her ...

Images of children's bedrooms and living rooms in the UK are being broadcast on the internet by a Russian website. But this hacking of hundreds of webcams in Britain is only the latest in a long line ...

It’s a truism that’s all too real – anything online can be hacked, and that includes that tiny lens above your laptop screen. And even if you’re already following the usual cybersecurity rules, it can ...

It could happen to you. Hackers taking control of your webcam.We'll show you how they do it and the one simple thing you can do to protect yourself TONIGHT on CBS5 News at 11 p.m.