The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) a very well respected German group of hackers have released a report claiming that the German government has knowingly released a backdoor trojan and keylogger into the wild and it is intended as a way to spy on its citizens.

The German government hasn’t responded yet but the trojan, which has been examined by the CCC, is capable of siphoning off intimate data as well as providing methods for remote control of a computer infected with the trojan. As well there is a backdoor opening that will allow for uploading and running of other programs.

Due to this last one the trojan is open to being upgraded as newer versions are created and released. One of the features available in the current version of the trojan is the ability to turn the system microphone and webcam on or off remotely.

Additionally the trojan has been examined by security company F-Secure and they have found that the keylogger included in the trojan will target some specific applications like: MSN Messenger, Firefox, and Skype. F-Secure also found code that allows for the taking of screenshots and recording of audio, including any Skype calls.

F-Secure, unlike Chaos Computer Club, won’t come right out and say that the the German government is behind the trojan; and of course the German government isn’t saying anything at this point.

Story developing…

Hackers have reportedly broken into Norway shooter Anders Behring Breivik’s email account and turned the contents over to police in an effort to help their investigation.

The eight-person Norwegian hacking crew Noira, led by a 17-year-old boy named “Frederik,” say they broke into two of Breivik’s email accounts after he killed more than 70 people in Norway last month. The group turned over the emails to a freelance journalist Kjetil Stormark who was writing a story about the group; he then turned the emails over to the cops. Noira was also behind the hack of Breivik’s Twitter account.

Noira is essentially the Norwegian branch of the hacktivist group Anonymous, and it appears they were motivated by similar activist goals—to help the case against Breivik. Stormak says he’s not publishing the emails so as not to jeopardize the investigation, but tells Threatpost “The e-mails show some of the activity and contacts made by the perpetrator in the weeks and months leading up to the terror attacks. The mails also tell a tale about his private life.” One thing everyone wnats to know is if Breivik was working alone or as part of an international anti-Muslim terrorist group, as he’s claimed.

The Twitter account believed to belong to Anders Behring Breivik, @AndersBBreivik was apparently hacked Sunday afternoon.

The hackers, who claim to be part of a group called Anonymous Norway, first tweeted out a couple prison jokes and then followed by calling him some choice names that much of the rest of the world has been using to describe him too.

They also tweeted out:

We want Anders to be forgotten. Labels like “monster”, or “maniac” won’t do either. Media should call him pathetic; a nothing. #Forgethim

Later they tweeted this:

Last tweet, account will be deleted within 1 hour. RIP to all those who died. Forget Anders. #RIP

As of right now, the Breivik account shows no tweets at all, so they’ve deleted everything — but you can click the screenshot above to get a better look at what was there earlier.

… Anonymous rocks.

Anonymous, the group of computer hackers, today announced that it was able to breach NATO security and access 1 gigabyte of restricted material, but it posted just one PDF file on its Twitter page showing what appeared to be a document headed “NATO Restricted” and dated Aug. 27, 2007. It tweeted that it won’t publish most of the data it “is sitting on … as it would be irresponsible.”

But the AP notes that Anonymous hinted more was to come. It teased, “Hi NATO. Yes we haz more of your delicious data. You wonder where from? No hints, your turn. You call it war; we laugh at your battleships.”

Says a NATO official, “NATO security experts are investigating these claims. We strongly condemn any leak of classified documents, which can potentially endanger the security of NATO allies, armed forces, and citizens.”

So, Zach Braff posted a very emotional statement this morning announcing he was gay. Not so! Says the Scrubs star who insists he’s the victim of a hacker– who broke in to his website this morning and posted the fake “coming out” statement.

The phony statement appeared early Wednesday morning — reading, “I have been hiding a secret inside me for too long.  The human mind can only bare so much before it explodes in emotions, and well … it is time to let the world know.  I am excited and proud to announce that I am an open member of the homosexual community.”

But Zach’s rep told TMZ.com: “He was hacked … that site has been down since 2006.” (No wonder it looks so damn shitty)

The hacking collective LulzSec hacked a News International-owned website and published a fake Sun article about Rupert Murdoch’s death of a drug overdose.

LulzSec is the group behind a number of recent high profile hacks including a couple on Murdoch-owned properties. They have also had a history with the Sun which they called “the shittiest UK publication in existence.”

Interestingly, at this time, the hackers have not posted the story on The Sun’s official website, instead hacking the News International-owned http://www.new-times.co.uk/sun/ address and creating a redirect so that, when someone tries to go to the official site, it sends them to the story.

The story is currently hard to load presumably due to traffic, but here is the text of the article:

Media moguls body discovered
By STAFF REPORTER
Published: Today
Rupert Murdoch, the controversial media mogul, has reportedly been found dead in his garden, police announce.
Murdoch, aged 80, has said to have ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night, passing out in the early hours of the morning.

“We found the chemicals sitting beside a kitchen table, recently cooked,” one officer states. “From what we can gather, Murdoch melted and consumed large quantities of it before exiting into his garden.”

Chemicals found in house
Authorities would not comment on whether this was a planned suicide, though the general consensus among locals and unnamed sources is that this is the case.

One detective elaborates. “Officers on the scene report a broken glass, a box of vintage wine, and what seems to be a family album strewn across the floor, containing images from days gone by; some containing handpainted portraits of Murdoch in his early days, donning a top hat and monocle.”

Another officer reveals that Murdoch was found slumped over a particularly large garden hedge fashioned into a galloping horse. “His favourite”, a butler, Davidson, reports.

Butler Davidson has since been taken into custody for additional questioning.

The hack was announced on LulzSec’s Twitter:The hacking collective LulzSec hacked a News International-owned website and published a fake Sun article about Rupert Murdoch’s death of a drug overdose.

LulzSec is the group behind a number of recent high profile hacks including a couple on Murdoch-owned properties. They have also had a history with the Sun which they called “the shittiest UK publication in existence.”

Interestingly, at this time, the hackers have not posted the story on The Sun’s official website, instead hacking the News International-owned http://www.new-times.co.uk/sun/ address and creating a redirect so that, when someone tries to go to the official site, it sends them to the story.

The story is currently hard to load presumably due to traffic, but here is the text of the article:

Media moguls body discovered
By STAFF REPORTER
Published: Today
Rupert Murdoch, the controversial media mogul, has reportedly been found dead in his garden, police announce.
Murdoch, aged 80, has said to have ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night, passing out in the early hours of the morning.

Butler Davidson has since been taken into custody for additional questioning.

The hack was announced on LulzSec’s Twitter:

“You have a security policy? We never noticed.” So tweeted Anonymous to US military contractor Booz Allen Hamilton after members of the online activist group stole tens of thousands of encrypted military passwords from it and posted them to the Web.

Although the passwords had all been encrypted and didn’t appear to be geared toward email access, many examined by the AP seemed easily breakable and might conceivably be used to hack into military inboxes.

The Anonymous hackers boasted of stealing passwords linked to some 90,000 military users, although the AP counted only about 67,000 unique email addresses, of which about 53,000 carried “.mil” domains. The rest appeared to be affiliated with educational institutions or defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin or SAIC. Those exposed by the leak “should probably be changing their passwords urgently,” says a rep from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The Pentagon said in a statement that it was aware of the incident and coordinating with other federal partners on the matter.

Hacker collective Anonymous claims that it will release “literally explosive” information this week, most likely obtained from intelligence contractors.

The claim was made on a Twitter account reportedly run by an Anonymous leader who helped found the recently disbanded LulzSec group, Raw Story reports.

“Tomorrow will be two of the biggest releases for Anonymous in the past 4 years. Everyone brace,” the hacker wrote. He later posted a second message reading: “ATTN: Intelligence community. Your contractors have failed you. Tomorrow is the beginning.”