A new form of "infostealer" malware can automatically detect when you open porn on your browser, screenshot what you're looking at, take a photo of you through your webcam, and send it all to a hacker, Wired reports.

It's a horrifying evolution in sextortion schemes, the criminal act of coercing someone by threatening to release private and sexual images. And it can make the nightmarish threats of those mass "Hello pervert" phishing emails a reality; it may no longer be just a bluff when a hacker demands money, saying they have sexually humiliating dirt on you they could release.

"When it comes to infostealers, they typically are looking for whatever they can grab," Selena Larson, a researcher at the cybersecurity firm Proofpoint which conducted an analysis of the virus, told Wired. "Thi

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