The group Anonymous cybercitizens the source code for software Skype Internet telephone conversation. Microsoft acquired, there is little, the system / communication software Skype. Of VoIP has reported that $ 8.5 billion to the authors of this tool of Internet telephony. The Anonymous accuse Microsoft of wanting to install a backdoor, a hidden door in the software, to enable governments, including that of Uncle Sam, to decipher the conversations. The strength of Skype being unable to "listen" to a call. In response to this fear, Anonymous has released more source code of Skype. The holy grail 3 files distributed via the P2P. In data released: Skype1.4_binaries; SkypeKit_sdk + runtimes_370_412.zip; skypekit binaries for Windows and x86_Linux + SDK for Windows and skype55_59_deobfuscated_binaries. Suffice to say that the data are very sensitive.
The group Anonymous cybercitizens the source code for software Skype Internet telephone conversation. Microsoft acquired, there is little, the system / communication software Skype. Of VoIP has reported that $ 8.5 billion to the authors of this tool of Internet telephony. The Anonymous accuse Microsoft of wanting to install a backdoor, a hidden door in the software, to enable governments, including that of Uncle Sam, to decipher the conversations. The strength of Skype being unable to "listen" to a call. In response to this fear, Anonymous has released more source code of Skype. The holy grail 3 files distributed via the P2P. In data released: Skype1.4_binaries; SkypeKit_sdk + runtimes_370_412.zip; skypekit binaries for Windows and x86_Linux + SDK for Windows and skype55_59_deobfuscated_binaries. Suffice to say that the data are very sensitive.
In 2007, ZATAZ.COM was surprised at the remarks made by the German police about Skype. German police indicated at an annual meeting of security, she was unable to decipher the encryption used in the Internet telephone software Skype. Can not control the calls made on individuals suspected of a crime or an act of terrorism. "The encryption used by this software makes our job difficult," will explain Joerg Ziercke, president of the Federal Bureau of the German police (Germany's Federal Police Office - BKA). We were amazed by indicating five years, "This is a new promotion perplexing! Why talk about a program that seems so disturbing, if not to encourage" bad guys "to use it for better ... listen! "
German spy software, business friends
The spyware German police, a program concocted by friends of the interior minister of the country. ZATAZ.COM was the first newspaper to return to the surprising discovery of CCC in Berlin. Members of the Chaos Computer Club had received from an unknown spyware BKA (Bunderstrojan). A spyware, a Trojan, the German police [Read]. A trojan that made it much more than that were authorized by law Teutonic. Since the tool is making waves at the point of view out snakes larger than an ox. Behind this tool, the company DigiTask GmbH. The latter had already made an offer of "service" in 2007 with the Department of the Interior of Bavaria to promote espionage Skype.
In addition to having features worthy of trojans cybercriminals, the Chaos Computer Club has shown that Bunderstrojan could be hijacked by cybercriminals. For information, call ZATAZ.COM that Digitask GmbH is a German company 100% owned by the consortium Deloitte Consulting. An economic entity which has, as members of the advisory German political figures such as the Interior Minister of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber and former German Minister of Interior Otto Schily.
The trojan BKA, an investigative tool questionable?
Ralf Benzmüller, Director of G Data Security Labs, the trojan has several technical limitations. "Communication is a server control example insufficiently secure, says he ZATAZ.COM. A malware can then send any data from a forged address to the central server. This makes the evidence collected in any questionable police investigations. Conversely, cybercriminals can also order the infected PC and inject any malicious code. "The virus, with the source code posted on the web, detects BKA. "Cybercriminals are now able to locate the trojan infected PC and use them for themselves by injecting their malicious code via the upload function available" emphasizes ZATAZ.COm Ralf Benzmüller.
