Post by jakaswanga on Jun 3, 2012 14:54:19 GMT 3
CSMonitor.com. FLAMES BUSTED BY RUSSIAN SOFTWARE FIRM
CSMonitor.com reports:
{quote} "[i]The new supervirus, which Kaspersky discovered and named "Flame," is one of the most complex items of malicious software ever conceived – many times more sophisticated than the notorious Stuxnet worm – and could well be a purposeful "cyberweapon" directed against Iran, the firm said in a statement late yesterday.
Flame is "actively being used as a cyberweapon attacking entities in several countries," Kaspersky said in a statement. It is "one of the most advanced and complete attack-toolkits ever discovered.… The complexity and functionality of the newly discovered malicious program exceed those of all other cyber menaces known to date."
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It takes so much resources to produce this kind of sophisticated malware, that only States do afford them now. Luckily a few whizz individuals working in a cellar can bust them. But is is a sign of the times.
Of course one knows these things are going on in the background. But is is a pandora's box now opened. Public utility services --Electrical controls, Water systems, Airport control software, Transport [for countries which have high-speed rail networks] are now fair game in cyber attacks.
A nuclear power station gone rogue! that is what happened in Iran when cylinders centrifuged erroneously at will, until the worm stuxnet was unearthed. The Russians seem to have specialized in counter viral forensic programming.
I am curious as to how the cyber defence of Kenya looks like!
CSMonitor.com reports:
{quote} "[i]The new supervirus, which Kaspersky discovered and named "Flame," is one of the most complex items of malicious software ever conceived – many times more sophisticated than the notorious Stuxnet worm – and could well be a purposeful "cyberweapon" directed against Iran, the firm said in a statement late yesterday.
Flame is "actively being used as a cyberweapon attacking entities in several countries," Kaspersky said in a statement. It is "one of the most advanced and complete attack-toolkits ever discovered.… The complexity and functionality of the newly discovered malicious program exceed those of all other cyber menaces known to date."
{quote}
It takes so much resources to produce this kind of sophisticated malware, that only States do afford them now. Luckily a few whizz individuals working in a cellar can bust them. But is is a sign of the times.
Of course one knows these things are going on in the background. But is is a pandora's box now opened. Public utility services --Electrical controls, Water systems, Airport control software, Transport [for countries which have high-speed rail networks] are now fair game in cyber attacks.
A nuclear power station gone rogue! that is what happened in Iran when cylinders centrifuged erroneously at will, until the worm stuxnet was unearthed. The Russians seem to have specialized in counter viral forensic programming.
I am curious as to how the cyber defence of Kenya looks like!
