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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Super-virus Flame raises the cyberwar stakes

Flame, a stealthy and complex cyberweapon, was found to be spying on Iran's government officials and computer systems.
Flame, a stealthy and complex cyberweapon, was found to be spying on Iran's government officials and computer systems.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The "Flame" virus, the most complex computer bug ever discovered, has been lurking for years inside Iranian government computers, spying on the country's officials.
Publicly unveiled this week, the bug is one of the most potent cyber weapons ever spotted in the wild. Security professionals say it marks a new milestone in the escalating digital espionage battle.
Flame's complexity and power "exceed[s] those of all other cyber menaces known to date," research firm Kaspersky Lab wrote in a dispatch about its investigation into Flame.
In a statement posted on its website on Monday, the Iranian National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) said it discovered Flame after "multiple investigations" over the past few months.