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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## This Week in Security: ShinyHunters Won't Dox the FBI, Pentagon Data Stolen, and OBS Vulnerable DevFeed: [This Week in Security: ShinyHunters Won't Dox the FBI, Pentagon Data Stolen, and OBS Vulnerable]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Mike Kershaw Published: 2026-10-02T14:00:22Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Hackaday]() Topics: [Security](), [network security](), [Android Security](), [Internet Explorer]() Tags: [2026](), [attack](), [attacks](), [australia](), [authentication](), [breach](), [catalyst-sd-wan](), [citrix](), [citrix-netscaler](), [divd](), [fbi](), [hackaday-columns](), [inotify](), [obs](), [openai](), [pentagon](), [plan](), [security](), [security-hacks](), [shinyhunters](), [watchtowr]() ### AI overview This security news roundup covers several breaches and vulnerabilities, including stolen FBI and Pentagon data, attacks involving AI agents, weaknesses in operating system file notifications, vulnerable OBS browser embeds, and flaws in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and Citrix NetScaler. It also describes a macOS Lockdown Mode bypass involving trusted USB hubs. ### Source excerpt 404 Media reports that the ShinyHunters group who stole multiple terabytes of FBI employee data say they do not plan to release the data. Known for ransomware and extortion of ...read more ## Webcam randomly pausing in OBS, Discord, and websites - LSVCam and TikTok Studio DevFeed: [Webcam randomly pausing in OBS, Discord, and websites - LSVCam and TikTok Studio]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Scott Hanselman Published: 2024-10-09T19:32:28Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Scott Hanselman's Blog]() Topics: [Device APIs](), [webcam](), [win32]() Tags: [browser](), [browser-apis](), [bugs](), [capture](), [device](), [logitech](), [obs](), [usb](), [webcam](), [websites](), [windows]() ### AI overview The author traces intermittent webcam pauses in browsers and OBS to LSVCam, a virtual camera DLL installed with TikTok LIVE Studio. The post describes listing camera devices with PowerShell and JavaScript, then removing LSVCam's registry entry as a temporary workaround; the entry returns when TikTok Studio runs again. ### Source excerpt I use my webcam constantly for streaming and I'm pretty familiar with all the internals and how the camera model on Windows works. I also use OBS extensively, so I regularly use the OBS virtual camera and flow everything through Open Broadcasting Studio. For my podcast, I use Zencastr which is a web-based app that talks to the webcam via the browser APIs. For YouTubes, I'll use Riverside or StreamYard, also webapps. I've done this reliably for the last several years without any trouble. Yesterday, I started seeing the most weird thing and it was absolutely perplexing and almost destroyed the day. I started seeing regular pauses in my webcam stream but only in two instances. The webcam would pause for 10-15 seconds every 90 or so seconds when access the Webcam in a browser I would see a long pause/hang in OBS when double clicking on my Video Source (Webcam) to view its properties Micah initially said USB but my usb bus and hubs have worked reliably for years. Thought something might have changed in my El Gato capture device, but that has also been rock solid for 1/2 a decade. Then I started exploring virtual cameras and looked in the windows camera dialog under settings for a list of all virtual cameras. Interestingly, virtual cameras don't get listed under Cameras in Settings in Windows: From what I can tell, there's no user interface to list out all of your cameras - virtual or otherwise - in windows. Here's a quick PowerShell script you can run to list out anything 'connected' that also includes the string "cam" in your local devices Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\cimv2 -ClassName Win32_PnPEntity | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'Cam' } | Select-Object Name, Manufacturer, PNPDeviceID and my output Name Manufacturer PNPDeviceID ---- ------------ ----------- Cam Link 4K Microsoft USB\VID_0FD9&PID_0066&MI_00\7&3768531A&0&0000 Digital Audio Interface (2- Cam Link 4K) Microsoft SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.1.00000000}.{AF1690B6-CA2A-4AD3-AAFD-8DDEBB83DD4A} Logitech StreamCam WinU ## Webcam randomly pausing in OBS, Discord, and websites - LSVCam and TikTok Studio DevFeed: [Webcam randomly pausing in OBS, Discord, and websites - LSVCam and TikTok Studio]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Scott Hanselman Published: 2024-10-09T19:32:28Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Scott Hanselman]() Topics: [webcam](), [Device APIs](), [Discord]() Tags: [apis](), [browser](), [browser-apis](), [bugs](), [bus](), [camera](), [cameras](), [capture](), [device](), [devices](), [obs](), [powershell](), [properties](), [script](), [settings](), [stream](), [streaming](), [video](), [virtual](), [web](), [webcam]() ### AI overview The author reports webcam freezes lasting 10-15 seconds about every 90 seconds in browser-based apps, plus hangs when opening a webcam source's properties in OBS. USB hardware had worked reliably for years, so they investigated virtual cameras and found that LSVCam appeared in JavaScript camera enumeration, though visibility varied by app; they say OBS and browsers disliked it and could hang while enumerating cameras. The excerpt does not establish why LSVCam behaves differently across Windows components or confirm that removing it resolves the pauses. The author points to `HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{860BB310-5D01-11d0-BD3B-00A0C911CE86}\Instance\LSVCam` and warns to delete only the `LSVCam` key and below, not `Instance`. ### Source excerpt I use my webcam constantly for streaming and I'm pretty familiar with all the internals and how the camera model on Windows works. I also use OBS extensively, so I regularly use the OBS virtual camera and flow everything through Open Broadcasting Studio. For my podcast, I use Zencastr which is a web-based app that talks to the webcam via the browser APIs. For YouTubes, I'll use Riverside or StreamYard, also webapps. I've done this reliably for the last several years without any trouble. Yesterday, I started seeing the most weird thing and it was absolutely perplexing and almost destroyed the day. I started seeing regular pauses in my webcam stream but only in two instances. The webcam would pause for 10-15 seconds every 90 or so seconds when access the Webcam in a browser I would see a long pause/hang in OBS when double clicking on my Video Source (Webcam) to view its properties Micah initially said USB but my usb bus and hubs have worked reliably for years. Thought something might have changed in my El Gato capture device, but that has also been rock solid for 1/2 a decade. Then I started exploring virtual cameras and looked in the windows camera dialog under settings for a list of all virtual cameras. Interestingly, virtual cameras don't get listed under Cameras in Settings in Windows: From what I can tell, there's no user interface to list out all of your cameras - virtual or otherwise - in windows. Here's a quick PowerShell script you can run to list out anything 'connected' that also includes the string "cam" in your local devices Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\cimv2 -ClassName Win32_PnPEntity | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'Cam' } | Select-Object Name, Manufacturer, PNPDeviceID and my output Name Manufacturer PNPDeviceID ---- ------------ ----------- Cam Link 4K Microsoft USB\VID_0FD9&PID_0066&MI_00\7&3768531A&0&0000 Digital Audio Interface (2- Cam Link 4K) Microsoft SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.1.00000000}.{AF1690B6-CA2A-4AD3-AAFD-8DDEBB83DD4A} Logitech StreamCam WinU