Hack Like a Pro: How to Remotely Record & Listen to the Microphone on Anyone's Computer « Null Byte :: WonderHowTo

Welcome back, my tenderfoot hackers!So many of you responded positively to my post aboutusing the keylogger, as well as my post regardingturning on the webcam, that I decided that you might enjoy another similar hack. In this article, we will enable the audio recording capability on the remote system of your roommate.Once again, let's fire upMetasploitfrom BackTrack and embed theMeterpreteron the remote or victim system. There are a number of ways of doing this, so check back to my earlier posts to see how to install it via amalicious clickable link, a maliciousMicrosoft Office documentorAdobe Acrobat file, andmore.How to Record Computer Audio RemotelyFrom here, we should have a Meterpreter prompt on our system that reflects the control panel of the Meterpreter on the remote victim system.Here we have almost total control of their system. We canturn off their antivirus system, embed asoftware keylogger, turn ontheir webcam, etc. In this case, we will use a script that turns on the sound recording on our roommate's computer system and enables us to play back this recording at a later time.Step 1: Find the sound__recorder.rb ScriptAs this script is relatively new (2010), let's make certain that your version of Metasploit has the sound recorder script. First, open a second terminal and navigate to the following directory.root@bt > cd /opt/metasploit/msf3/scripts/meterpreterOnce we are in this directory, simply do a listing of all files by typing:root@bt: /opt/metasploit/msf3/scripts/meterpreter ls -lThe script should appear among the list of meterpreter scripts. If it doesn't, you can either update your Metasploit by typing in the msfconsole:msf > msfupdateOr you can download the scripthere.Make sure that you save it to the directory/opt/metasploit/msf3/scripts/meterpreter.Step 2: Run sound__recorderNow that we have the script in the proper directory, let's run it. First, let's look at the help file by typing:meterpreter > run sound_recorder -hNotice that we have just a couple options. We can specify the number of 30 second intervals to record with the–iswitch and the directory to save the recorded file to with the–lswitch. So, let's record 15 minutes (30 x 30 seconds = 15 minutes) of our roommate and save the file in the/etcdirectory. We can do this by typing:meterpreter > run sound_recorder -i 30 -l /etcStep 3: Play Back the RecordingWhen the recording has completed and run its course, the Meterpreter will save the recording to a file on our system in the directory we specified, or in this case the/etcdirectory.Now we simply need to run that audio file in an audio player and we can hear everything that was going on in our roommate's room during that 15 minutes.This could be fun! 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