Can webcam be used remotely?

Web Cams Used Remotely according to this article in Wired Magazine can and have been used this way since 2007. A tool called Flame Spy tool does it. It is not just in the movies.

Is it true? Can a computer Webcam be used remotely?

Your can read the “Wired” story here.

You can be seen and heard. Webcams have microphones. Flame can activate the microphone and the camera and “spy” on you through it.

Flame Spy Tool is Malware: software that is running without intervention from you. As such, if you have the Anti-Malware protection that automatically stops unwanted Malware, you do not have anything to worry about.

Do these things:

1. Check your system to see if you have Anti-Malware software.One of these would do it
   1. Avast
   2. Kaspersky
   3. Anvisoft Defender
   4. Biitdefender
   5. AVG
2. Verify the Anti-Malware you are using is updated weekly
3. Run System Scans on your system to verify that  there is no Malware on yourcomputer
4. Repeat 2-3 regularly

Webcam covers – Amazon

The wired article stated that gaffer tape is good to cover the web cam. See what that is here.

You want something that doesn’t leave residue, especially if you use your webcam for Skype etc.

The microphone is vulnerable to being used for listening in. Plug it with an audio cable, says Wired.