05-28-2012, 12:04 PM
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Had an idea!
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Another massive malware attack against Iran
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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.
The malware, discovered by Russia-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, is an espionage toolkit that has been infecting targeted systems in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, the Israeli Occupied Territories and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa for at least two years.
Dubbed “Flame” by Kaspersky, the malicious code dwarfs Stuxnet in size – the groundbreaking infrastructure-sabotaging malware that is believed to have wreaked havoc on Iran’s nuclear program in 2009 and 2010. Although Flame has both a different purpose and composition than Stuxnet, and appears to have been written by different programmers, its complexity, the geographic scope of its infections and its behavior indicate strongly that a nation-state is behind Flame, rather than common cyber-criminals — marking it as yet another tool in the growing arsenal of cyberweaponry.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/flame/
Oops.
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05-28-2012, 12:09 PM
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First Line Centre
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Flames rule
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05-28-2012, 12:14 PM
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Location: Calgary
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No wonder the on-ice product has suffered when we are devoting those resources to programming...
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05-28-2012, 12:20 PM
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Had an idea!
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If this indeed more complex than Stuxnet, then it has to be pretty amazing.
Cause here is a 'long' article detailing how Stuxnet was discovered and what it is all about.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...paign=Previous
Pretty insane. New breed of warfare. Just launch one attack after another.
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05-28-2012, 12:28 PM
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Had an idea!
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What it does.
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Activates an infected computers microphone and records Skype conversations—as well as people talking nearby
Snaps screenshots of instant messages and emails, as well as other activity
Turns on Bluetooth wireless and scans nearby devices' address books for names and phone numbers
Scans the local network for usernames and passwords
Deletes files to wipe its traces
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Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/flame...#ixzz1wBrdEMfH
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05-28-2012, 01:14 PM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Wonder who was behind this. Possibly one of the countries who was attacked trying to cover their own actions?
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05-28-2012, 01:16 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Azure
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Kinda reminds me of the ghost net virus
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05-28-2012, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by blankall
Wonder who was behind this. Possibly one of the countries who was attacked trying to cover their own actions?
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Two guesses - Israel, USA...
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05-28-2012, 01:33 PM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Two guesses - Israel, USA...
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I'd agree they are the most likely source. Kind of what I was hinting at when I said one of the countries affected:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18238326
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Among the countries affected by the attack are Iran, Israel, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
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This would not be the first time that Israel/USA allegedly did something like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet...e-grauniad-112
Although, my guess is other countries would be complicit too.
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05-28-2012, 02:12 PM
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I'm reading a book by Henry A Crumpton, an ex clandestine CIA officer. Apparently it's pretty amazing how much of their work is cyber based these days.
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05-28-2012, 02:22 PM
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Took an arrow to the knee
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Based on the nations affected by it, I think the list of countries that could be behind it is pretty small.
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05-28-2012, 03:01 PM
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This kind of thing is pretty funny . . . . . until China does it to you.
Pretty amazing if not startling.
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05-28-2012, 04:32 PM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Two guesses - Israel, USA...
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Add China to the list, they're pretty much balls deep into every government network out there.
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05-28-2012, 05:19 PM
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Had an idea!
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Not sure why China would develop a virus that is targeted towards the ME.
Especially towards Iran who has become like the kid all the cool kids bully.
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05-28-2012, 05:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vladtheimpaler
two guesses - israel.
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05-28-2012, 06:04 PM
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Took an arrow to the knee
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If it's Israel, it would likely need to be in collaboration with the US, just as Stuxnet is thought to have been.
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05-28-2012, 07:06 PM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Azure
Not sure why China would develop a virus that is targeted towards the ME.
Especially towards Iran who has become like the kid all the cool kids bully.
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China has pretty well hacked into every network that they can get into it whether they're allies or not.
It gives them advantages during negotiations.
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05-29-2012, 07:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
China has pretty well hacked into every network that they can get into it whether they're allies or not.
It gives them advantages during negotiations.
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At a large oil and gas I worked for last year, I sat in meetings where it was explicitly said the large Chinese oil firm we were partnering with was not allowed to even touch our computers under any circumstance.
I found that pretty amazing, since they were our partners. However, I was corrected that they don't play that way. That same company hacked their last partner, and downloaded their entire corporate database.
Just the way those guys play, and its for exactly the reason you state.
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