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R2D2 – Forget the jargon, it’s a wiretap

28

Nov

2011

A short time ago in a galaxy very close by, the German Police and their R2D2 Trojan gave us a simple reminder of what modern malware is all about. It’s wiretapping.Technical buzzwords usually leave me more puzzled than enlightened. How many of these terms can you identify: backdoor Trojan with mfc42ul.dll, winsys32.sys key logger, Speex […]

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Backdoor Snoops on Skype, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger

11

Oct

2011

We recently came across reports about a hacker group that was able to detect a backdoor which was found capable of monitoring online activities and recording calls when using Skype. However, apart from its routines, it garnered media attention because of its claims that the discovered backdoor may be used by German Law Enforcement.The malware, […]

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‘Government’ backdoor R2D2 Trojan discovered by Chaos Computer Club

09

Oct

2011

The famous Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has announced the discovery of a backdoor Trojan horse capable of spying on online activity and recording Skype internet calls which, it says, is used by the German police force. The malware – which has been variously dubbed “0zapftis”, “Bundestrojaner” or “R2D2” – is likely to kick up a […]

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