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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
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
Nigeria.

danielf 30-05-2012 10:40
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
Perhaps it's Israel, and the fact that they've been targeted is a red herring?

Maggy 30-05-2012 10:44
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
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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
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
Probably not Nigeria then :D

devilincarnate 30-05-2012 13:15
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
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
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
news international

boroboi 30-05-2012 23:11
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
My guess is a US - Israeli coalition.

watzizname 31-05-2012 08:16
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
Phorm..

Maggy 31-05-2012 11:18
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
Oh come on make it credible not your latest bête noire.

devilincarnate 09-06-2012 15:59
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
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
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
I should think it is almost deffinately the US or the UK.

mrmistoffelees 12-06-2012 07:08
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
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
Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
 
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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: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David Sanger that’s due to be published next week.
So you think the fact that Israel were targeted by Flame is a blind? :erm:


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