Researchers find way to activate iSight cameras without alerting users

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Security researchers at Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated a unique new attack that can force the iSight cameras in legacy MacBook and iMac models to capture images without turning on the camera’s accompanying LED.

Researchers Matthew Brocker and Stephen Checkoway outline the attack, which targets the firmware inside the iSight camera’s controller chip, in a paper entitled “iSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED.” The paper was first reported by the Washington Post.

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