'Ilkeston Today', UK, reports Internet
pedophile Adrian Ringland forced a Canadian schoolgirl
to send him explicit photographs of herself, after infecting
her computer with a Trojan Backdoor.
The accused contacted the victim over a chatroom
posing as a teenager. Few days later he sent her a
file claiming to be his photograph, which in fact
contained a Trojan Backdoor and no sooner the girl
downloaded and opened the file than the attacker gained
control of the victim's computer via IRC channels.
Thereafter the man allegedly threatened and blackmailed
the victim, forcing her into submission and abuse.
Arti Taru, Security Expert at MicroWorld Technologies
says "Trojan backdoors can be employed by remote
attackers to takeover a victim's computer and to execute
programs, reboot the system, open files, open webpages,
download files, launch and manage a Proxy Server on
the victim's machine and so much more. It's as if
the intruder is operating his own desktop at free
will."
At Inner London Crown Court last week, Ringland reportedly
admitted 20 charges of Internet abuse while fourteen
similar charges were ordered to lie on file. Judge
Nicholas Philpot deferred sentence until October and
Ringland was remanded in custody.
While the explicit details of the criminal operation
is yet to be revealed, Ms Taru says webcams can be
used to pry and prey on every moment in the life of
a targeted user. Candid shots taken that way can be
used as a blackmailing tool by Internet predators
to exploit underage victims and worse, lead them to
child pornography rackets.
Increasing incidents like these call for advanced
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