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Warning: ‘Flame’ Virus Could Cripple Entire Countries
David Gardner
The United Nations is set to issue an urgent warning to guard against the most powerful computer virus ever unleashed amid fears it could be used to bring countries to a standstill. In what was being seen last night as the dawn of a new era in cyber warfare, UN computer security chief Marco Obiso said: ‘This is the most serious warning we have ever put out.’ He was speaking after it was revealed that a massive superbug had been used to hack into computers in Iran. Israel did little to dispute claims yesterday that it was behind the clandestine online assault. The sophisticated spyware – said to be about 100 times the size of most malicious software – also hacked other machines in the Middle East, including Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Egypt, but Iran appeared to be the primary target, according to a Russian Internet security firm. Mr. Obiso, cyber security coordinator for the UN’s International Telecommunications Union, said the warning will underline the danger the virus represents to the critical infrastructure of member nations. Dubbed ‘Flame’, the Trojan bug worms its way into computer systems and reportedly turns infected machines into listening devices. It can activate a computer’s audio system to eavesdrop on Skype calls or office chatter, take screenshots or log keystrokes and even suck information from Bluetooth-enabled phones left nearby. …. The Russians discovered the virus after being asked by the United Nations to find a piece of mystery malware that was wiping out sensitive information across the Middle East. It is believed to have been coded by the same programmers who hacked into Iran’s nuclear programme six years ago. Last night, Iran’s National Computer Emergency Response Team posted a security alert saying it believed Flame was responsible for ‘recent incidents of mass data loss.’ It also claimed an antidote had been found. The discovery of the Flame virus came just days after talks between Iran and six world powers in Baghdad failed to persuade Tehran to freeze uranium enrichment. A new round of talks is expected to take place in Moscow next month. Delivered by The Daily Sheeple Contributed by David Gardner of MailOnline.com. Please share: Spread the word to sheeple far and wide
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Just a matter of time.
Is this new? I know of others who say someone was listening on the cell phone_there is a.free app.
Electronics are your enemy.
Treat them as such don’t aide them.
Trust none suspect all.
Prepare your ruse and confuse.
This Armed Hunter uses 0′s and 1′s.
Run.
its all smoke and mirrors. Keeps us jumpin at shadows. They know without technology we are almost helpless. I would be much more worried about the elite jokers in VA this week than a trojan virus in Iran. Wake up people and stop the fearmongering.
@The Arizona Patriot, The GOVERNMENT is helpless without electronics, we citizens can function perfectly fine without them…WELL, maybe not our teen ager citizens LOL
Fearmongering? Are you retarded? If the internet gets shut down life as we know it is OVER. Everybody would be back into a 1960 state,where you have to Mail letters for communications,and online businesses would lose billions of dollars if not completely collapse. Where information gathering would be IMPOSSIBLE,on all fronts.
as much as I enjoy technology, a trip back to the 50′s & 60′s would be a blessing! morality, truthfulness, honesty, decentcey, people were more real -