Neil
09-Jun-2012, 09:06 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18365844
So we have an incredibly clever/complicated cyber attack in the form of this "Flame" malware which seemingly is aimed at stealing information from computers in the middle-east?
No one knows who's behind it, but as soon as it becomes big news, a command is sent out to it to wipe itself off PC's? Hmmm!
The creators of the Flame malware have sent a "suicide" command that removes it from some infected computers.
Security firm Symantec caught the command using booby-trapped computers set up to watch Flame's actions.
Flame came to light after the UN's telecoms body asked for help with identifying a virus found stealing data from many PCs in the Middle East.
So we have an incredibly clever/complicated cyber attack in the form of this "Flame" malware which seemingly is aimed at stealing information from computers in the middle-east?
No one knows who's behind it, but as soon as it becomes big news, a command is sent out to it to wipe itself off PC's? Hmmm!
The creators of the Flame malware have sent a "suicide" command that removes it from some infected computers.
Security firm Symantec caught the command using booby-trapped computers set up to watch Flame's actions.
Flame came to light after the UN's telecoms body asked for help with identifying a virus found stealing data from many PCs in the Middle East.