The Flame- Most Powerful Malware Till Date
Just now 'The Flame', the most powerful malware till date has been identified. Again, we must say that calling 'The Flame' a malware is insult for 'The Flame'.
When security community can call Stuxnet- the first cyber weapon, then 'The Flame' should be called as first nuclear cyber weapon.
'Flame' is the 20 times more complex than Stuxnet. Antivirus companies took 6 months to analyze Stuxnet. Imagine how much time and effort would be required to analyze 'The Flame'
'Flame' is massive and most likely targeted for Iran and Isreal.
Once the PC is infected with 'Flame', it steals all info including password, traffic, image, audio and keystrokes.
In the group of malware, 'Flame' joins the elite club along with Stuxnet and Duqu.
'Flame' is the sophisticated attack toolkit. When fully deployed, it's over 20 Mb in size. Such a huge size is due to many different libraries that it includes. And, this makes Flame difficult to analyze.
Flame doesn't target any specific sector or organization. All of us are equally vulnerable.
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Hello,
Check this Latest Symantec Blog on the same -
Flamer: Highly Sophisticated and Discreet Threat Targets the Middle East
http://bit.ly/JypWwF
Hope that helps!!
Mithun Sanghavi
Symantec Technical Support Engineer, SEP
MIM | MCSA | MCTS | STS | ITIL v3
Twitter: @mithun_sanghavi
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Thanks for info.....
Flame is developed into LUA programing language which is generally used for gaming purpose.
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Albert L
It's a comprehensive read to understand the details of flame.
Thanks & Regards,
AR Sharma, CISSP
IBM Certified System Admin- Lotus Domino V7
ITIL V2 Certified
Thank you for reporting the Flamer!
Hello,
A Special Thread worth looking at which has been created specially for Providing Updates on "W32.Flamer "
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/w32flamer-information
Hope that helps!!
Mithun Sanghavi
Symantec Technical Support Engineer, SEP
MIM | MCSA | MCTS | STS | ITIL v3
Twitter: @mithun_sanghavi
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Hi Sharma,
Very informative blog on flame. Whole world wants to know about it :)
Thanks,
-Syed Hussain
Flamer, Duqu Stuxnet...these are not mere Malwares but more of a Cyber Weapon..
Vikram Kumar
Symantec Consultant
The most helpful part of entire Symantec connect is the Search button..do use it.
All information from the section on the Flamer translated into Russian.
Вся информация из раздела по Flamer переведена на русский язык.
http://club-symantec.ru/showthread.php?t=4797
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