The Russian beveiligsfirma Kaspersky has a 64bit version of the spionerende Bundestrojaner-malware found. It is striking that this variant still more applications in mind than the 32bit version.
The so-called Bundestrojaner, the existence of which and the operation by the Chaos Computer Club was recently revealed, was so far known only on 32bit versions of Windows. Meanwhile, Kaspersky also a 64bit version of the spyware found.
According to the security company has the 64bit-variant property to more applications to eavesdrop. This covers not only all well-known browsers, except for Chrome – but also various voip applications, and instant messengers. In total, fifteen applications used by the Bundestrojaner be followed, where the spyware components nestle in the process.
The controversial and, according to the CCC are poorly designed Bundestrojaner to the German government and delivered by the company DigiTask. This company says the spyware also to Dutch law enforcement authorities to have delivered. A number D66-Members of parliament has written questions to minister Opstelten of Security and Justice. They want to know if the malware is actively being used and whether this is within the Dutch and European laws and privacy rules.