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Newly Discovered ‘Flame’ Cyberespionage Tool Infects Iran, Middle East

Newly discovered espionage and information-gathering malware known Flame, Flamer, Skywiper, and Wiper appears to be even more sophisticated than the Stuxnet virus discovered in 2010. Iran’s National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Monday confirmed that Iranian PCs had been targeted and infected by Flame. The malware can infect Windows XP, Vista, and 7, systems, and includes the ability to scan systems and networks, extract passwords, record audio, and capture event-triggered screen grabs. Until this month, the malware also seemed to have evaded all commercial antivirus systems.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/newly-discovered-flame-cyberespionage-tool-infects-iran-middle-east

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