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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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Backdoor.R2D2: The Long Arm of the Law?

Oct

2011

On October 9th a German hacker group going by the name of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) published an analysis of what they claim to be government spying software. The analysis is a 20 page PDF file describing how the software works. In addition, CCC made available a copy of the software on their website […]

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‘Government’ backdoor R2D2 Trojan discovered by Chaos Computer Club

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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