Mikko Hyponen, who has been tracking the R2D2 thing assiduously, observes with some surprise that he hasn't seen a single article on "R2D2" that would try to defend the need for lawful interception. Actually, I haven't either, but I think there are at least two separate issues here. It seems fairly clear from the reports I've seen […]
On Saturday, another controversial report of a “government trojan” appeared. This time it is the German government that has been accused by the European hacker club Chaos Computer Club (CCC) of using “lawful interception” malware. Hence, “Bundestrojaner” (Federal Trojan), though that name is normally applied to the legal concept that allows German police to make […]
Chaos Computer Club from Germany has tonight announced that they have located a backdoor trojan used by the German Goverment. The announcment was made public on ccc.de with a detailed 20-page analysis of the functionality of the malware. Download the report in PDF (in German) The malware in question is a Windows backdoor consisting of […]
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