Spyware virus infects US military drones

Home Calcutta News.NetTuesday 11th October, 2011 The United States’ fleet of remote-controlled Predator and Reaper drones has been infected with a computer virus that allows hackers to monitor every action by the pilots. The ongoing security risk in one of the US military’s most important weapons systems has resisted removal…

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Call for probe of German spyware

11 October 2011 Last updated at 06:24 ET Germany has strict laws about spying on citizens Germany’s justice minister has called for a national and state level probe into the use of controversial computer software to spy on people. The German state of Bavaria has admitted using the spyware, but…

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German Governments admit spyware was theirs

German Governments admit spyware was theirs By David HeathTuesday, 11 October 2011 23:40 Business IT – Security During the past 24 hours, as many as four German state governments have admitted to using spyware against their citizens.   Recent European and other press reports have clarified the situation with the…

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Hackers Decry German ‘Trojan’ Spyware

October 10, 2011, 8:07 AM EDT By Cornelius Rahn and Brian Parkin (Updates with government comments in third paragraph.) Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — The German government is using spying software that violates the country’s constitutional law because it contains functions beyond the interception of Internet-based communication, a hacker organization said….

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German ’Trojan’ Spyware May Violate Constitution

Enlarge image German ’Trojan’ Spyware Violates Constitution a11/ZUMA Press/Newscom The malware can be used to control hardware such as microphones and cameras for room surveillance as well as upload falsified evidence to the target hard drive. SECURITY ESSEN 2008 – DIE LEITMESSE F‹R SICHERHEIT: DAS ‹BERWACHUNGSSYSTEM CAM2IP VON GEUTEBR‹CK /…

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