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Flame sounds awesome. I am always fascinated by clever bits of kit like this. I read a piece about conficker a while ago. I thought it was super cool that it p
by bobsy 14y ago
Flame sounds awesome. I am always fascinated by clever bits of kit like this.
I read a piece about conficker a while ago. I thought it was super cool that it patched the security vulnerability on infected conputers to protect itself. Its just really clever. Now you have Flame which has done what it has done and is now trying to kill itself to make it look like it never existed.
Obviously though it is also deeply concerning. States are investing more and more into cyber warfare. If anything more money needs to be spent hardening computer networks and systems to protect from exactly these kind of threats.
- Pewpewarrows 14y agoSelf-destruct codes and patching up the hole you came in through are both pretty par for the course when it comes to non-trivial malware.
- adgar 14y agoIt's par for the course, but it's still a spectacle to see a malware so big/important/advanced self-destruct in front of our eyes, in the news.
- thirdsun 14y agoMaybe you already did as it was very popular back then, but you should read the detailed story on stuxnet that was featured in Wired a while ago: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet/all/1 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/how-digital-detecti... Very fascinating.
- aparadja 14y agoFantastic read. Thank you!