[ NNSquad ] "Flame: The world's most complex computer virus"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

"Flame: The world's most complex computer virus"

   "Experts said the massive malicious software was 20 times more powerful
    than other known cyber warfare programmes including the Stuxnet virus
    and could only have been created by a state.  It is the third cyber
    attack weapon targeting systems in the Middle East to be exposed in
    recent years."

 - - -

A couple of notes. First, the supposed virus is actually 20MB in size,
not 20GB as currently claimed in the linked article. Also, I tend to
view the details of these reports with skepticism given the enormous
level of purposeful propaganda and disinformation in this context.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren 
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
_______________________________________________
nnsquad mailing list
http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad