update on MAgic Lantern

Look at what I found.


http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdnnp1tp01

Good.

Thats good news. I was worried (not about the actual Magic Lantern program) but that some hacker would create a trojan almost identical to it so it would slip through the anti-virus software.

Thanks FocMaester

and good

You can find another article here on magic lantern clones and copies..

I'm pissed that any organization within a goverment that heralds freedom, would stoop to analyzing my &*(^%$# e-mail. Why don't you just invade my cookies while you're at it?...
^&*(ing hypocrites...

Hello? FBI? CIA? Blow me!

It's subversive tactics and corrupted ideal like these that help create Black Hat Hackers...

GRRRRR!

Ouroboros

That's some good news Focmaester, thanks for the link. I was wondering about Symantec because I've been an avid user of their stuff for years...glad to see they didn't fold like I thought at the beginning.

i say its a bs cover-up. the denials seem very carfully worded. they dont say "we will not allow any type of virus or trojan, government sponsored or not, to run on a system that our software is running on". they say "Symantec's first priority is to protect our customers from malicious and illegal attacks"(bolded for emphisis). they could easily claim that because this is the FBI it will not be used maliciously.

Yeah, that's true, but then the minute (and you know it'd happen) someone found out, it'd be published and shiggity-blakow, said company's software would be sitting on a shelf, not being bought... This is mainly why I switched to Sophos, a UK based company who's been doing AV work for 10 years now and is pretty highly ranked... go here to check it out. Sure it's expensive, but I'd rather pay good money for a good product that's fighting the good fight, rather than A: not have one at all, or B: support something that "may" be shady to any degree.

hmm juz the thought of the FBI using trojan-like programs makes me feel uneasy... isnt it ironic, dont u think?

it's nice to know focmaester....

but something needs to be done about this... there should be no comprimise of my security

great! FBI has no right to make them agree (the virus software companies) what FBI wants to do ( i mean what FBI interests?!). for the brightside (as what FBI would say), it is for our own good. ;)

What you must realize is that the FBI will do what it wants to, with or without permission. It does not matter if it is legal or not, it will be done if they so desire. I dont know much about computers, but if there is one thing I do know a little about, it is that the government will do what it wants to regardless of what anyone wants or thinks. What you must also realize is that what goes on behind the scenes is much more than what everyone will read about. All they need to do is make an under-the-table deal with the software writers and that is all she wrote. Believe me, the government is not above that.

I just started hearing about this program a week ago...

from what i pick up its loggin keys when it is released for the gov



How exactly are they planin to infect every user? put it in the OS or just software? or other ways? or all ways?????


Please email me any info on it [email protected]

If you have a wintel box and you run firewalls wich are updated and have your virus dat updated there is little chance of **** happening.
The firewall (like zonealarm) asks what goes in and out. And the antivirus doesn't have to stop MAgic Lantern specifically but could also detect the program as being a trojan.
And yes Norton and McAfee folded at the start but later changed their plans.

I posted the same artical above there,


Sorry..... I should of checked first :D

No harm done :p