-Caveat Lector- http://hacktivism.ca/article.pl?sid=02/01/17/1037219&mode=thread
FBI Data Mining with trojans, worms and warez posted Thursday January 17, @12:21AM There have been lots of submissions related to three developments with the FBI recently: The confirmation of the Magic Lantern project, which is a trojan the FBI wish to use to log individual's passwords and other such information; their desire to hijack a worm, Badtrans, to gether the information it found; and the FBI expanding on their "war against warez" by using crackers to gather data on other crackers. So now they have Carnivore, Echelon, Magic Lantern and Badtrans. For more information read on... Magic Lantern The controversy surrounding this one is endless, not only because of the nature of the eavesdropping, but because of the rumoured involvement of major computer software companies like Microsoft, and the infamous cracker group the Cult of the dead Cow (CdC). The project itself would involve letting loose a complex Trojan Horse virus on the Internet, which would get on people's computers and log their keystrokes, finding information such as passwords and encryption keys, without ever needing physical access to the machine. They claim it will be invaluable to criminal investigations. Of course if they did get the cooperation of Microsoft and anti-virus companies, mainstream users would be left helpless, whereas the underground crackers would probably find ways around it. That is in doubt now that the FBI have the cooperation of the CdC however. More information at the following URLS: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127639 http://cultdeadcow.com/details.php3?listing_id=425 The Badtrans Worm The Badtrans worm spread like wildfire over the Internet from November 24th 2001, using the usual security flaws in Microsoft Outlook to spread via attachments. Since it's inception it has gathered a massive database of the most sensitive information, even penetrating government web sites. Now the FBI want to tap into the database to help with their criminal investigations. For more information go to the following URL: http://www.dailyrotten.com/articles/archive/189387.html Warez The FBI recently carried out a series of large-scale raids against warez operations, arresting over 90 senior members of cracking rings in the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, Norway and Poland. They found most of these people by requesting that the efnet servers used run in debug mode, so that all private communications are transparently logged (these were then filtered and sent to the FBI). It would seem as though the FBI is starting to learn how to catch the crackers. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
