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Maggy

30-05-2012 09:55

Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18238326

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A complex targeted cyber-attack that collected private data from countries such as Israel and Iran has been uncovered, researchers have said.
Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs told the BBC they believed the malware, known as Flame, had been operating since August 2010.

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Among the countries affected by the attack are Iran, Israel, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
"The geography of the targets and also the complexity of the threat leaves no doubt about it being a nation-state that sponsored the research that went into it," Mr Kamluk said.

Anyone care to guess which state/country is responsible? China? US?

Dr Seuss

30-05-2012 10:26

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Nigeria.

danielf

30-05-2012 10:40

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Perhaps it's Israel, and the fact that they've been targeted is a red herring?

Maggy

30-05-2012 10:44

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Originally Posted by Dr Seuss (Post 35434535)

Nigeria.

No details of bank accounts have been taken.:rolleyes:

jempalmer

30-05-2012 12:42

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Probably not Nigeria then :D

devilincarnate

30-05-2012 13:15

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I would say the UK as we seem to have a flame travelling around the Country at the moment?

martyh

30-05-2012 13:21

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news international

boroboi

30-05-2012 23:11

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My guess is a US - Israeli coalition.

watzizname

31-05-2012 08:16

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Phorm..

Maggy

31-05-2012 11:18

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Oh come on make it credible not your latest bÃªte noire.

devilincarnate

09-06-2012 15:59

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Looks like who ever it is are trying to cover their tracks?

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The creators of the Flame malware have sent a "suicide" command that removes it from some infected computers.

Security firm Symantec caught the command using booby-trapped computers set up to watch Flame's actions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18365844

Maggy

11-06-2012 22:43

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18393985

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Teams responsible for the Flame and Stuxnet cyber-attacks worked together in the early stages of each threat's development, researchers have said.

Still wondering who is responsible..:erm:

Tim Deegan

11-06-2012 23:43

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I should think it is almost deffinately the US or the UK.

mrmistoffelees

12-06-2012 07:08

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Wasn't there something in the news not so long about Israel/US acceptance of involvment in stuxnet ?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworst...raeli-project/

Cyberattacks on Iranian nuclear program were a US-Israel effort started under the Bush administration and continued by President Obama, The New York Times reports.

The confirmation from Obama-administration officials that Stuxnet was a joint US-operation comes from extracts from a forthcoming book, Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David Sanger that’s due to be published next week.

Maggy

12-06-2012 08:46

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35440109)

Wasn't there something in the news not so long about Israel/US acceptance of involvment in stuxnet ?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworst...raeli-project/

Cyberattacks on Iranian nuclear program were a US-Israel effort started under the Bush administration and continued by President Obama, The New York Times reports.

The confirmation from Obama-administration officials that Stuxnet was a joint US-operation comes from extracts from a forthcoming book, Confront and Conceal: Obamaâ€™s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David Sanger thatâ€™s due to be published next week.

So you think the fact that Israel were targeted by Flame is a blind? :erm:

mrmistoffelees

12-06-2012 19:22

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35440128)

So you think the fact that Israel were targeted by Flame is a blind? :erm:

How best to make people believe your innocence than to appear the victim

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