Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
30-05-2012, 10:55
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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.
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Anyone care to guess which state/country is responsible? China? US?
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30-05-2012, 11:26
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
Nigeria.
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30-05-2012, 11:40
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
Perhaps it's Israel, and the fact that they've been targeted is a red herring?
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30-05-2012, 11:44
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
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Nigeria.
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30-05-2012, 13:42
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
Probably not Nigeria then 
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30-05-2012, 14:15
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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?
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30-05-2012, 14:21
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
news international
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31-05-2012, 00:11
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
My guess is a US - Israeli coalition.
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31-05-2012, 09:16
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
Phorm..
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31-05-2012, 12:18
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
Oh come on make it credible not your latest bête noire.
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09-06-2012, 16:59
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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.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18365844
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11-06-2012, 23:43
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
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.
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Still wondering who is responsible.. 
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12-06-2012, 00:43
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
I should think it is almost deffinately the US or the UK.
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12-06-2012, 08:08
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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.
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12-06-2012, 09:46
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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
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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. |
So you think the fact that Israel were targeted by Flame is a blind?
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