Posts Tagged ‘ccc’

Federal Trojan’s got a “Big Brother”

Oct

2011

About two weeks ago, the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has published an analysis report of a backdoor trojan that they claim had been used by German police during investigations in order to capture VoIP and IM communication on a suspect’s PC. Our friends over at F-Secure published a blog post last week where they […]

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More Info on German State Backdoor: Case R2D2

Oct

2011

Last weekend, the German based Chaos Computer Club (CCC) published details on a backdoor trojan they claimed was being used by German authorities, in violation of German law. And now, several German states have admitted to using Backdoor:W32/R2D2.A (aka “0zapftis”), though they say the backdoor falls within what’s allowed. In one case, the trojan was […]

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German ‘Government’ R2D2 Trojan FAQ

Oct

2011

What has happened? A Trojan horse has been discovered that is capable of spying on Skype internet calls, monitoring the online activity of infected computers, logging keystrokes, and updating its functionality via the net. The Trojan, which most anti-virus vendors are calling “R2D2”, but is also referred to as “0zapftis” or “Bundestrojaner”, was announced by […]

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