Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Flame is Now on Self Destruct

By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:

The Flame computer virus has received a self-destruct command. This Flame is the most recent virus to ravaged Iran.

Symantec issued a statement a few days ago saying that it seems that infected computers have received a command to destroy all traces of the Flame. The computers were also blasted with numerous other confusing commands which will mislead investigators.

It appears that researchers are getting too close to understanding the virus and cracking some of its important keys. When that happens they will be able to unravel the mystery of the actually creator of the virus.

And that fear of being discovered explains why the creators of the Flame virus sent out the command to self-destruct.

Micah@MicahHalpern.com
 
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