Hackers reverse engineer Trojan used by German Police

European hacking group Chaos Computer Club claims to have successfully reverse engineered samples of German Police's lawful intercept malware, known as Quellen-TKÜ, finding that besides eavesdropping on Skype conversations it is also capturing screenshots and logging keystrokes.
The trojan was first disclosed in court documents from 2007 and was designed with the primary task of assisting German Police overcome Skype encryption where an intercept warrant had been granted by a judge. The German government endorsed the usage of Quellen-TKÜ to legally wiretap internet communications only, but the hacker group's analysis of several samples received shows the malware goes well beyond its intende... »read more

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