A newly discovered Flame malware kit was highly targeted, infecting no more than 1,000 users. It’s basically a virtual, digitized spy tool that does what a human spy would do: record phone calls, snap photos, and siphoning information. Experts say Flame’s creators either used easily cracked encryption to camouflage the attack. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, its developers could create new versions, and copycats could emerge. It could be used for any type of targeted persistent threat (APT)- attack, which U.S. businesses should worry too.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/how-flame-hid-in-plain-sight-for-years