MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer
MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer are two variants of a BundesTrojaner (German for state-sponsored trojan horse ) written for ERA IT Solutions (a Swiss federal government contractor) by software engineer Ruben Unteregger, and later used by the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK) to intercept Skype and more generally Voice-over-IP traffic on Windows XP systems.[1][2]
The source code of the programs was released as GPL in 2009 by their author, who retained the copyright.[1] Thereafter, the trojan was apparently detected in the wild;[3] one of its designations given by anti-virus companies was Trojan.Peskyspy.[4]
See also
- Advanced Persistent Threat
- Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier (CIPAV)
- FinFisher
- FOXACID
- Magic Lantern (Software)
- R2D2 (Trojan)
- Spyware
- Telecommunications Data Retention
References
- 1 2 "Swiss coder publicises government spy Trojan - Techworld.com". News.techworld.com. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ↑ "MegaPanzer: Parts of Possible Govware Trojan Re...". Linux Magazine. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ↑ Zetter, Kim. "Code for Skype Spyware Released to Thwart Surveillance | Threat Level". Wired.com. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ↑ Danchev, Dancho (2009-08-28). "Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild". ZDNet. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
Further reading
- Bundestrojaner: A programmer speaks out Interview with the author on gulli.com
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