Videos related to RAT not only demonstrate tutorials and provide useful links for hacking, but also feature the result of the performed hacks. The most widely featured type of camera hacking is employing a popular type of malware, namely, a remote access trojan (RAT).
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Moreover, such tutorials show how to intrude people’s privacy and frighten them by producing various sounds (speaking, singing, screaming, etc.) through the hacked camera. The viewers are taught how to access various cameras and “slave” devices for viewing, recording, and manipulating the accessed footage. The methods featured on YouTube by hackers include, but are not limited to, inserting malicious code, using the website, searching the platform Angry IP Scanner, and employing Metasploit framework. The search with keywords “how to hack cameras” gives at least eight pages of relevant videos instructing how to hack various types of cameras and see live feeds from bedrooms, offices, and security systems.
This article will briefly discuss the seven most popular types of hacking tutorials uploaded on YouTube, namely, hacking tutorials explaining how to access: live cameras (Section 2) cellphones (Section 3) computers (Section 4) Facebook accounts (Section 5) Wi-Fi passwords (Section 6) websites (Section 7) online banks and ATM machines (Section 8). On the other hand, such tutorials threat people’s security and educate potential black hat hackers. On the one hand, the tutorials provide knowledge about hacking and raise cyber-security awareness.
Thousands of hacking tutorials posted on YouTube cause controversy among YouTube users.