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Enhanced Carnivore To Crack Encryption Via Virus

Posted by timothy on from the trust-us-once-again-ma'am dept.

suqur writes: "MSNBC has a story about a new Carnivore feature, dubbed 'Magic Lantern,' which arrives on a victim's computer in the form of a virus through email or well-known vulnerabilities. Magic Lantern uses keylogging to extract keys typed in, and sends them off to the FBI. This is similar to a story reported on previously, but taken one step further, allowing computers to be compromised remotely."

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  1. Re:Next election by Captain+Morgan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am going to support Gov. Bush during this crisis and I will stand behind Gov. Bush until this war has ended.
    And if he does a good job we may even elect him for the first time in 2004.
    -- George Carlin

  2. Re:vests by xbrownx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hey, the ODB got arrested for wearing "body armor" aka a bulletproof vest here in NY...