The spyware can surreptitiously record keystrokes and screen views while giving the intruder clandestine remote access to the target computer.
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ Blog post:
By Frank Smyth/Senior Adviser for Journalist Security
The Russian manufacturer promises results. The software can be used to control your own or, say, a customer’s computer by making it a remote software client. Or it could be used for spying on others.
“BlackShades Remote Controller also provides an efficient way of turning your machine into a surveillance/spy-device or to spy on a specific system,” reads one line of the online product description. The software sells online for $40 (an additional $12.60 brings premium support) through the Canadian E-Commerce reseller paypro, and it can surreptitiously record keystrokes and screen views while giving the intruder clandestine remote access to the target computer.
