FBI’s secret spyware becomes public
The spyware code named CIPAV or “Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier” appears to initially reveal all the usual information about the computer it’s installed on. For example IP/MAC addresses, list of open TCP and UDP ports, particulars about the operating system and Internet browser as well as user information. Then the application resets to what the FBI spokesperson called a “pen register” mode. This is apparently where the application monitors Internet use by logging the IP addresses of sites visited. This along with the initial information is transmitted to a FBI data server at some undisclosed location.