'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.
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