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Flame: The Massive Stuxnet-Level Malware Sweeping the Middle East

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-bad-guy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wired is reporting on a massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation. Kaspersky Lab, the company that discovered the malware, has a FAQ with more details."

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  1. Re:FAQs /.ed by PhasmatisApparatus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wikipedia links to this PDF: http://www.crysys.hu/skywiper/skywiper.pdf

  2. Re:FAQs /.ed by matty619 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/256370/researchers_identify_stuxnetlike_cyberespionage_malware_called_flame.html

  3. Re:Kaspersky Again by matty619 · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to PCworld, (yaya, whatever) it's the third: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/256370/researchers_identify_stuxnetlike_cyberespionage_malware_called_flame.html

  4. Re:FAQs /.ed by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think it is both a matter of money and resources. A "nation-state" has as much money as anyone can, and they also can place moles/agents in a lot of places where your average, even "smart", hacker would shit his pants. Not only that, a lone man can only do so much

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