Flame - Super-virus

[@Veritas_Triumphus]

The Flame espionage virus, believed to target Iran, among others, has been identified as the most complex malicious software ever discovered.


Security experts are still dissecting the Flame code, which is many times longer than any other computer virus, but some facts are clear:
Basics
Up to 20MB file (by comparison Stuxnet, which dmaage Iranian uranium centrifuges, is around 500KB)
 Infects Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems
 Detected in Iran, Russia, Egypt, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan
Espionage capabilities
Taking screenshots
 Covert sound recording
 Intercepting keyboard strokes
 Monitoring network activity
 Detects 100 types anti-virus software and conceals its presence
 Creates a database to store stolen information
 Communicates with command and control servers over encrypted channels

Ifyoufindoutanyothernewsletusknow :D
Information source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

[Kulverstukas]

heh so yeah, I guess Stuxnet is now the father of other such viruses eh?
And what is up with all the iran attacks?

[@Veritas_Triumphus]

Dont know man, maybe Americans did all this xD

[techb]

I don't know, it sounds more like it can from Korea or China.

[Stackprotector]

http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2012/05/28/flame-israels-new-contribution-to-middle-east-cyberwar/

[Z3R0]

Dont know man, maybe Americans did all this xD

I don't think so, there's too many politics at play for America to do something like this. I agree with Factionwars, Israel would make much more sense for something like this. But thanks for placing the blame on Americans anyway, it seems that is a usual tactic for when people don't understand something..."This is crazy, so America must have done it!"

There's also this link right here, which also says Iran is blaming Israel. http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2012/05/30/3-things-flame-tells-us-about-the-future-of-cyber-warfare/

Nonetheless, Israel and Iran have been fighting a holy war for the last 70 years ever since the Jews took back the holy land. So stop with the anti-americanism unless you have proof to back it up.

[centizen]

If this one was done by the Israelis/Americans (which it's pretty well known stuxnet originated from a partnership between the two) it must have been done by a completely different team from the people who built stuxnet. It's 40 times the size of stuxnet and works in completely different ways. It's almost unheard of for a virus to be this big, usually we want the smallest exe possible. 

[Zesh]

From what I've read, Flame was around for about 5 years or so before Stuxnet, so yeah

[Axon]

I don't know, it sounds more like it can from Korea or China.

Korea and China have no interest in attacking Iran's facilities.

From what I've read, Flame was around for about 5 years or so before Stuxnet, so yeah

Source, please?

[Mellow]

Korea and China have no interest in attacking Iran's facilities.

 


Source, please?

". Another clue: The two viruses seem to have emerged at roughly the same time. Stuxnet has been traced to as early as June 2009 but started circulating more widely in early 2010. Flame apparently started circulating at around the same time although it may have been around as early as 2007, says Wired, noting that Stuxnet is believed to have been written in this same period."
 
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/29/flame-on-the-greatest-cyberweapon-ever/
 
Here you go.

[Zesh]

The discover of the Flame/Skywiper, which may have been in circulation for more than five years - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9295323/Iran-targeted-by-Flame-espionage-virus.html

"If Flame went on undiscovered for five years, the only logical conclusion is that there are other operations ongoing that we don't know about." - http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/346076/20120528/flame-virus-discovered-cyber-attack-weapon-middle.htm

There you go

[flowjob]

Found an interesting blog-entry from an Kaspersky expert about "Flame":
http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193522/The_Flame_Questions_and_Answers

It answers a lot of questions,like how it works and so on...

[qari_x3]

did your guys heard about duqu a they said it is the most dangrous mal nowdays

[Mellow]

What everybody with a brain suspected. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/report-obama-ordered-wave-cyberattacks-iran-131034261.html
 

[Pak_Track]

i may be stupid but maybe iraq did this