Flame: The Massive Stuxnet-Level Malware Sweeping the Middle East 224
An anonymous reader writes "Wired is reporting on a massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation. Kaspersky Lab, the company that discovered the malware, has a FAQ with more details."
Re:FAQs /.ed (Score:5, Funny)
TFA purports that somebody wrote a bunch of code that is a virus, trojan, malware and toaster driver all at once. Nobody knows who did it or why, but they must be very smart. It hijacks data, voice, video and neural transmissions and appears to be able to perform telekinesis. It was likely written sometime after 1996 and before 2021.
It's big.. Really big. So big that it would fit on any USB drive or email attachment created since, well, 1996.
It's smart. Really smart. So smart that it's going to take us literally months of press reports to get it out.
It goes after the Usual Suspects. It may or may not be related to Stuxnet, tilde, Steven P. Jobs or George Bush (either or both of them).
For some strange reason, the coders wrote the thing pretty much unobfuscated. Except that unobfuscated isn't a word.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
It's a what? (Score:5, Funny)
TFA purports that somebody wrote a bunch of code that is a virus, trojan, malware and toaster driver all at once.
You mean it's like a Facebook phone?
Apart from the toaster bit, which might be useful...
the last 4 stories concern: (Score:5, Funny)
1. a scarier version of stuxnet
2. a Facebook smarphone
3. secret backdoors on military chips
4. workplace havoc because of OS fake holidays
I was going to accuse Slashdot of fearmongering, until I doublechecked and found out that, yes, Facebook really is trying to build a smartphone.
The Apocalypse is near.