Clickjackers May Capture Comprising Photos

October 8, 2008

through your webcam using Flash.

I’m curious how clickjacking works.  Because while I saw it reported a week or two ago, none of the reports actually explained it.  I’m sure they’re worried about the knowledge getting out and a lot of script kiddies wreaking havoc.  From what I can tell, the jist is: you click on something in a page that you think does one thing and it does another.  So, my assumption is this is age-old social hacking whereby a Flash app on a page says, “Click me to win a million bucks” and what it actually does is turn on your webcam.