Flame virus set to spread like wildfire

Stephen stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed May 30 12:03:47 UTC 2012


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/flame-virus-set-to-spread-like-wildfire/article2447114/

Excerpt:

It is perhaps the most sophisticated piece of malicious software ever 
designed – a digital surveillance device so complex it ran on sensitive 
government computer networks for years, undetected.

And now, a tool that was almost certainly developed for state-sanctioned 
cyberwarfare is out in the open, soon to make its way into the hands of 
everyone from computer virus researchers to criminal gangs.

Comment:

Governments, anywhere in the world, using Windows software, are placing 
their country's security at risk.

Stephen


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