If you’ve been following the news since Edward Snowden broke the news about governments spying on their citizens you’ve heard names such as Prism and XKeyscore for several of the programs the NSA has initiated.
Well, it turns out the FBI isn’t entirely innocent in this pursuit. The fine folks over at MobiStealth have created an infographic showing the development and deployment of the FBI’s Magic Lantern program. Magic Lantern is malware capable of keyboard recording and many more nefarious actions. The most interesting aspect of this new revelation are rumors that popular anti-virus companies have agreed to allow a backdoor into their AV software and/or not include definitions to detect the malware in their products! Very interesting indeed.
Below is the infographic. Click the image and then click the arrow at the top of the popup to see full size or download.
Now, somebody should raid their premises and take hold of their servers. Doing anything illegal is bad, even if it is done by the FBI.
Thank you, Dave,
The mightier they become more subversive and shifty they become.
I wonder what’s going on behind closed doors here in the UK. We don’t seem to have had quite the same quantity of revelations in this country but I wouldn’t mind betting there’s a lot of similar sneaky shenanigans afoot – probably “inspired” by the USA spooks. OUR so-called government is well known for being technically inept, so it would doubtless go pear-shaped anyway. I’d like to know who snoops on the snoopers and watches the watchers.