Burning the internet

IN Media Watch Briefs | 06/06/2012

“Flame” the “nasty and complex malware program” currently in the news is said to be the most complex malware program ever created. According to Kaspersky Lab, Flame is intended is to collect information from operations of certain nation states, including but not limited to Iran, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. No fix to this program has been developed so far and Kaspersky Lab has said,“Flame’s mission is not about stealing identities — it’s about gathering intelligence,” so common users won't be affected much. The company has also said that 64-bit Windows 7 users will be less affected. (Mashable)

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