full-disclosure - Re: Possible German Governmental Backdoor found ("R2D2")

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Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:20:51 -0400
From: <james@...thwaysecurity.com>
To: <secn3t@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Possible German Governmental Backdoor found
 ("R2D2")

 It has some valid uses for sure. Well the Skype id harvesting and sound 
 recording can be used for Counter Intelligence- terrorism operations.

 But that's just theory.



 On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:51:24 +1100, xD 0x41 <secn3t@...il.com> wrote:
> Interesting... although that archive seems corrupt... id like to see
> abit more about this but, very interesting indeed.. specially skype 
> id
> harvesting, what could this be for.
> hrms
> xd
>
>  On 10 October 2011 07:13,  wrote:
>   On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 16:31:53 +0200, You Got Pwned
>    wrote:
>  > Hi List,
>  >
>  > i thougt this could be interesting. My english is not very good so
> i
>  > copied the following information from FSecure
>  > (http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002249.html [3] [1])
>  >
>  > "Chaos Computer Club from Germany has tonight announced that they
>  > have located a backdoor trojan used by the German Goverment.
>  >
>  > The announcment was made public on ccc.de [4] [2] with a detailed
> 20-page
>  > analysis of the functionality of the malware. Download the report
> in
>  > PDF [3] (in German)
>  >
>  > The malware in question is a Windows backdoor consisting of a DLL
> and
>  > a kernel driver.
>  >
>  > The backdoor includes a keylogger that targets certain
> applications.
>  > These applications include FIREFOX, SKYPE, MSN MESSENGER, ICQ and
>  > others.
>  >
>  > The backdoor also contains code intended to take screenshots and
>  > record audio, including recording Skype calls.
>  >
>  > In addition, the backdoor can be remotely updated. Servers that it
>  > connects to include 83.236.140.90 [4] and 207.158.22.134"
>  >
>  > According to CCC Germany the backdoor could also be exploited by
>  > third parties. You can download it from
>  > http://www.ccc.de/system/uploads/77/original/0zapftis-release.tgz
> [5]
>  > [5]  . You'll need gzip and tar to get the .dll and the .sys
> file.
>  >
>  >
>  > Links:
>  > ------
>  > [1] http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002249.html [6]
>  > [2] http://www.ccc.de/ [7]
>  > [3]
>  >
>  >
> 
> http://www.ccc.de/system/uploads/76/original/staatstrojaner-report23.pdf
> [8]
>  > [4] http://webmail.0m3ga.net/tel:83.236.140.90 [9]
>  > [5]
> http://www.ccc.de/system/uploads/77/original/0zapftis-release.tgz 
> [10]
>
>   I was looking at this just late last night.
>
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> [1] mailto:james@...thwaysecurity.com
> [2] mailto:yougotpwned6@...glemail.com
> [3] http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002249.html
> [4] http://ccc.de
> [5] http://www.ccc.de/system/uploads/77/original/0zapftis-release.tgz
> [6] http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002249.html
> [7] http://www.ccc.de/
> [8]
> 
> http://www.ccc.de/system/uploads/76/original/staatstrojaner-report23.pdf
> [9] http://webmail.0m3ga.net/tel:83.236.140.90
> [10]
> http://www.ccc.de/system/uploads/77/original/0zapftis-release.tgz
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