The FBI's "Magic Lantern" Shines Bright; The FBI's latest cloak-and-dagger tool has attracted the attention of virus writers.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 December 2001-Kaspersky Labs: The FBI's "Magic Lantern" Shines Bright; The FBI's latest cloak-and-dagger tool has attracted the attention of virus writers (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11122001 Cambridge UK -- The rumours surrounding the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's developing of its own Trojan program, Magic Lantern, has drawn interest from the computer underground.

On December 10, it was discovered that a seventeen-year-old Argentinean hacker, going by the pseudonym of "Agentlinux," has developed a Trojan that poses as the widely advertised Magic Lantern. We remind readers that in mid-November, MSNBC reported that the FBI has begun developing its latest spy program that will allow the Bureau to discover and crack...