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January 30, 2004 at 4:48 pm #11217
UnSaKreD
MemberSorry for creating another new topic, but the old topic was closed.
(https://bigblueball.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2767)
Now, some one posed the question is it possible to view some ones webcam w/ out their konwing or accepting.The answer to that is a most definate yes.
In the wonderfull world of the internet, IP’s are the name of the game.
Let me break it down for you in theorom.
Yahoo Messenger is packed w/ Webcamviewer control.
Yahoo’s general port of broadcast wether it be for voice or webcam
is either 5001(usually voice) and 5100-5101(Typically Webcam)
Now the next question is, how.
By using the WebcamViewer control packaged with yahoo, and your victims IP.
A specially crafted program in theorum could bypass security measures(i.e. confirmation) and recieve your webcam broadcast without you even knowing.
The hardest part would be finding the IP, and as we all know, its not so hard.January 31, 2004 at 3:01 pm #85260sotokudus
Memberis it just a theory? have u tried it?
February 1, 2004 at 5:27 am #85261zhugeliang
MemberYeah, that’s still just theory, and there is one small problem, obtaining the IP address of the “victim” is rather hard to do. About the only way to do it is to get them to do a P2P service with you, (ie. superwebcam or file transfer), webcam isnt p2p, i’ve tested it, it goes through the yahoo servers. Now, if you do get them to do a filetransfer with you, then you may as well just put a trojan on thier comp and initiate the webcam that way. You also have to keep in mind that some webcams (like mine) have a light that comes on when the webcam is in use, also some webcams (again like mine) have a shutter on it so when not in use, you can close it thus eliminating the unwanted viewing of your cam. There is also a way to view a cam under “anonamous” so they don’t know who’s veiwing, the program i chat with comes with that feature. I haven’t used it, but i’m pretty sure that it only works if they have it on, and it lets me view it without them knowing it, as far as i know. Also keep in mind that when showing a webcam, it lets you know how many people are viewing, so those who only let a few view at a time, know how many they are letting view, and can make sure those they don’t want to view aren’t.
February 3, 2004 at 3:59 pm #85262UnSaKreD
MemberQuote:quote:obtaining the IP address of the “victim” is rather hard to do.Obtaining an IP Address is actually quite simple to do.
All it requires is an Open PM and netstat (http://www.unsakred.net/index.php?page=tutorials)Now Webcam does do P2P for their SuperWebcam crap.
So yes, sniffing the IP address can be done through webcam.
Quote:quote:There is also a way to view a cam under “anonamous” so they don’t know who’s veiwing, the program i chat with comes with that feature.Viewing under Anonymous is quite easy to do, 5 lines of code and you have an anonymous cam viewer.
Those have been around for a long time.
Quote:quote:Also keep in mind that when showing a webcam, it lets you know how many people are viewing, so those who only let a few view at a time, know how many they are letting view, and can make sure those they don’t want to view aren’t.Yes, Yahoo! does keep a record of how many users are on they cam.
But guess how they count it.
Not, by IP’s.
They count it by Yahoo! ID’s.
Which is supplied by the Webcam Request Packet in YMSG.
Hence its capability to log how many active users there are.What I am reffering to is bypassing YMSG Protocol.
And directly tapping into the Webcam.February 7, 2004 at 9:57 pm #85263im_zoey_the_cat
MemberMy webcam was friggin hacked!! I was in a chat room like normal, and then I got a message saying “so and so wants to view your webcam…blah blah do you want to let them” like normal. So then all of a sudden, I saw 2 people jump on my webcam without my permission! I was like “What the heck?!?” I had 0 viewers then I had 2. I knew I had set my preferences in Yahoo to only allow with my permission. So I go to my Yahoo Messenger to double check my settings, and then I saw that it was set to “Allow everyone to view my webcam” and “If Im in a chat room, allow people to view my webcam”. Then the weirdest thing happened. They freakin moved on themselves back to my original settings!?!?!?!?!? I watched them jump on their own!!!!! The guy must of changed my preferences somehow to view my cam, then changed them back. I did a virus scan and I came up clean. I messaged those two people a billion times but no reply. Im pretty sure both names are from the same person. One’s an alias or something. The Yahoo IDs of the hackers were “anjahotty” and “me_masturbo2001”. It said “anjahotty” had a webcam, but if I tried to view it, it would timeout and never worked. I don’t know how they did it or what, but they took control of my yahoo messenger. Im not making this crap up.
February 8, 2004 at 1:49 pm #85265klojack
MemberHi….anyone tried this? does it work?
pleaselet me knowFebruary 9, 2004 at 3:47 am #85259ladybug24
MemberMy Yahoo preferences are set to not allow anyone to view my webcam (except for those on my list). All other requests sent I never see.. that and the box for allowing peeps to view while in chat is UNCHECKED. However… since downloading 5.6 I have to double check these settings EACH AND EVERY time I turn on my cam. I have even reformatted my hard drive twice (due to other issues) and this still happens. If I don’t I get webcam hits within seconds of turning on my cam.
One other tidbit… if an Anonymous person tries viewing your cam, view their profile. You will not get one but it shows thier IP addy at the end of their name. I have used this info to report them to Yahoo (not that I got a response, but I felt better about it… I have never had anyone viewing my cam that does not have permission, but like I said, I have to constantly babysit my preferences!!
February 19, 2004 at 8:44 pm #85264klojack
Memberwhich is the code to be added to have webcam access withouth permission?
April 6, 2009 at 9:20 pm #85267BlackBane42
MemberI keep reading about all this but no one is really telling you how to do it or where to go and download the tools for it now is a simple program that you can download for free and where would you go to get the best IPsniffer for this all I keep finding is password sniffers and IPsniffers but none of them seem to work I was told that some web cams are password protected so where would you go to get the both of them and the best ones that really work anyone who can help me with that
UnSaKreD;117372 wrote:Obtaining an IP Address is actually quite simple to do.
All it requires is an Open PM and netstat (Yahoo Messenger News, Tips, Tricks, Hacks and Skins – unsakred.net)Now Webcam does do P2P for their SuperWebcam crap.
So yes, sniffing the IP address can be done through webcam.
Viewing under Anonymous is quite easy to do, 5 lines of code and you have an anonymous cam viewer.
Those have been around for a long time.
Yes, Yahoo! does keep a record of how many users are on they cam.
But guess how they count it.
Not, by IP’s.
They count it by Yahoo! ID’s.
Which is supplied by the Webcam Request Packet in YMSG.
Hence its capability to log how many active users there are.What I am reffering to is bypassing YMSG Protocol.
And directly tapping into the Webcam.April 8, 2009 at 5:10 pm #85266Dermot
Participantthis topic was created almost 5 years ago and is no longer correct, so is here by locked.
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