"Flame" Spy Virus May Be of U.S./Israeli Origin
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It's very probable, but I doubt these anonymous officials know what they're talking about, even if they actually exist.
BTW, see what happens if you replace "U.S./Israeli" with "EA" in the title.
On an unrelated note, an anonymous official source told me I'm now the supreme ruler of everything.
BTW, see what happens if you replace "U.S./Israeli" with "EA" in the title.
On an unrelated note, an anonymous official source told me I'm now the supreme ruler of everything.
give you a chernobyl virus and fry your PC. duh. About time that one came back to life really, we have too many dumb people with internet access.IamLEAM1983 said:
Wasnt the virus origins already clear like 2 weeks ago? why the late "news"?
i see what you did there.....Doom972 said:
Oh come on, this virus is clearly a diversion, a way to probe how the public would react to cyber-warfare being used covertly, and a way to test out cyber-defenses.
If a "spy" virus were to be used to slow down military installations, why the hell would they disguise it as a windows update, and make it able to record Skype calls?
If there indeed a military/intelligence grade virus going around, it's probably not something that easily caught, it would probably not even try to masquerade as a program, it would just trick the computer in question into thinking it isn't there, and not taking up any space.
Pff, windows update...You can do better people.
If a "spy" virus were to be used to slow down military installations, why the hell would they disguise it as a windows update, and make it able to record Skype calls?
If there indeed a military/intelligence grade virus going around, it's probably not something that easily caught, it would probably not even try to masquerade as a program, it would just trick the computer in question into thinking it isn't there, and not taking up any space.
Pff, windows update...You can do better people.
EDIT: Completly rewritten for tone... first one made me sound like a proper arragant nred! :S
Be carefull with the wording of your report! Electronic Warfare is everything to do with the electromagnetic spectrum (RADAR, LASER, IR, UV, Jamming etc), cyber warfare is a different kettle of fish!!
Be carefull with the wording of your report! Electronic Warfare is everything to do with the electromagnetic spectrum (RADAR, LASER, IR, UV, Jamming etc), cyber warfare is a different kettle of fish!!
I think you slightly misunderstand what Flame represents, simply as an achievement in Software Engineering.Exocet said:
It ran undetected for at least two years.
It utilized cryptographic techniques that have never been used before in the wild and kind of require a specialized Phd to even explain properly.
Its ability to record Skype calls was due to its ability to just turn hardware (such as mircrophones) on and off at will and then covertly send the information back to its operators.
It also did not technically "disquise itself as a windows update", it just used the process of windows update (which is incredibly hard to manipulate) to gain further system privileges in already compromised systems
I´m sorry, as cool as it would be, people can´t do better at the moment.
Actually, most experts where kind of blown away that we can do AS GOOD as this at the moment.
Which, in turn, also informs why it is so plausible to blame America for Flame.
Because the list of organizations who can pull off something like this is kind of short.
The funny thing is I clicked the headline while only seeing "Flame" Virus U.S./Israeli Origin and was thinking that U.S./Israeli has officially deemed Origin a VirusDoom972 said:
Hay A guy can dream cant I.