garyopa
11-07-2011, 06:57 PM
Kinect challenge for Malcon 2011 has been completed by Indian security researcher 'Shantanu Gawde'
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Only 15 years old, but Indian researcher 'Gawde' for MalCon 2011 has created a malware that utlizes Microsoft Kinect controller to secretly capture pictures and upload to a picasa account.
Think its great what you can do when adding a kinect to your PC?
Well .....
With over 10 million devices sold till date, the kinect holds the Guiness book for world record for the fastest selling consumer electronics device - and is exactly the reason why the malware is a concern.
In recent months, there have been a number of innovative Kinect hacks that make use of the Kinect using both Open-Source drivers and the Kinect SDK. The malware, code-named 'gawde' after its creators name, works on Windows 7 to secretly capture pictures of the victim / surroundings from a connected Kinect device and uploads them to a picasa account.
Rajshekhar Murthy, Director at ISAC, (Information Sharing and Anaysis Center), a scientifc non-profit body that holds the International Malware Conference, MalCon said.
"We believe that in coming years, a lot of windows based applications will be developed for Kinect and the device will gain further immense popularity and acceptance- and from a perpective of an attacker, such a popular device can be an exciting target for visual and audio intelligence. At MalCon research labs, we promote proactive security research and the malware utilizing Kinect is only a proof of concept. "
The Kinect malware 'gawde' goes a step ahead and even uses voice recognition to execute a program based on keyword, without the knowledge of the victim.
The malware PoC will be demonstrated at the upcoming MalCon 2011 in Mumbai, India.
32985
All I know is I am never adding any Kinect to my PC, infact it should not even be used 'online' with your Xbox 360, as this little brat above, has just created the first 'hacker' version of 'big brother', welcome to 1984 in year 2011!
NEWS SOURCE: Malware For Kinect (via) TheHackerNews (http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/malware-for-xbox-kinect-created-by-15.html)
Again many thanks to 'billysastard' for submitting this news item!
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxconsole/contents/RKSID00000000000000000245/icon.jpg
Only 15 years old, but Indian researcher 'Gawde' for MalCon 2011 has created a malware that utlizes Microsoft Kinect controller to secretly capture pictures and upload to a picasa account.
Think its great what you can do when adding a kinect to your PC?
Well .....
With over 10 million devices sold till date, the kinect holds the Guiness book for world record for the fastest selling consumer electronics device - and is exactly the reason why the malware is a concern.
In recent months, there have been a number of innovative Kinect hacks that make use of the Kinect using both Open-Source drivers and the Kinect SDK. The malware, code-named 'gawde' after its creators name, works on Windows 7 to secretly capture pictures of the victim / surroundings from a connected Kinect device and uploads them to a picasa account.
Rajshekhar Murthy, Director at ISAC, (Information Sharing and Anaysis Center), a scientifc non-profit body that holds the International Malware Conference, MalCon said.
"We believe that in coming years, a lot of windows based applications will be developed for Kinect and the device will gain further immense popularity and acceptance- and from a perpective of an attacker, such a popular device can be an exciting target for visual and audio intelligence. At MalCon research labs, we promote proactive security research and the malware utilizing Kinect is only a proof of concept. "
The Kinect malware 'gawde' goes a step ahead and even uses voice recognition to execute a program based on keyword, without the knowledge of the victim.
The malware PoC will be demonstrated at the upcoming MalCon 2011 in Mumbai, India.
32985
All I know is I am never adding any Kinect to my PC, infact it should not even be used 'online' with your Xbox 360, as this little brat above, has just created the first 'hacker' version of 'big brother', welcome to 1984 in year 2011!
NEWS SOURCE: Malware For Kinect (via) TheHackerNews (http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/malware-for-xbox-kinect-created-by-15.html)
Again many thanks to 'billysastard' for submitting this news item!