The Flame spying malware was discovered last month in Iran’s oil-ministry computers. It used USB ports found on every PC as a pathway to avoid detection by security systems. The cleverness of Flame’s creators in keeping the malware under the radar was one more example of why it is considered among the most sophisticated espionage-software packages to date. The success Flame creators had in using USB memory sticks will be studied by hackers, a security expert says. The malware hid in storage devices by naming the folder that contained the malware and stolen data.”]
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