Skype Spy Trojan Escapes into Wild

It is mildly amusing when someone releases the source code for a Trojan, giving the entire planet free access to it, only to act astounded when it ends up being used by scumbags to craft new Trojans. The title says "escapes" but I think they meant "set free."

Unteregger posted the code on his website under a GLPv3 license, presumably in the hope that its publication would make it impossible to use against real users, having had second thoughts about the morality of his creation. He wrote the program in 2006 for a private company, ERA IT Solutions, which alledgedly sold it on to an agency of the Swiss government to use in remote surveillance activities.

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