PSA: Someone is Watching You Pick Your Nose & Sharing the Photos

[celtic_crippler]

It’s not only Big Brother you have to worry about watching you through your web-cam, you also have to worry about “Ratters”, so named from the Remote Administration Tool these hackers use to spy on you.

And that’s not all — there are forums dedicated to cataloging lists of what many of the ratters call “slaves” and the photos, information and other tidbits they’ve culled from their victims.

Many of the ratters just like to watch a little bit and poke around in people’s personal files, but many post lists of known “slaves” that might be more fun to look at, even if they’re just picking their noses. It’s a club filled mostly with men, and they all high-five each other when they find good slaves to monitor.

Anti-malware can help, but some “ratters” use software referred to as “FUD”, Fully Undetectable. In order to hook “slaves” they only need to get you to run a file, so using file-sharing networks is dangerous.

You can protect yourself by avoiding things that cause your “antenna” to go up and things that don’t seem to be legit. Don’t click on weird links or download attachments from unknown sources.

Article: http://consumerist.com/2013/03/11/n...might-be-sharing-photos-with-fellow-creepers/


For more and to “meet the ratters” here is another article… http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...e-men-who-spy-on-women-through-their-webcams/