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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 Policeware: Use the Farce.er, Force.Luke

Oct

2011

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 […]

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