Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

BBC won't provide the technical details that we hackers would require to differentiate the two. If it shares the likes of Stuxnet then it would have some pretty clever 0-days inside to help with infection and spreading.

Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

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Post by vecinu » Mon, May 28, 2012, 3:06 PM UTC

I assume we are going to see a complicated and interesting dissection a la Stuxnet? The Stuxnet TED talk [0] was really interesting, I ended up giving a talk to my department at work afterwards.

[0] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS01Hmjv1pQ

Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

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Post by LiquidSummer » Mon, May 28, 2012, 3:10 PM UTC

I'm fed up by these technically lacking stories that don't give you the details but tell you that its "complex". While I realise that the BBC website is aimed towards the general public I think that it would be beneficial to include at least some technical details.

Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 28, 2012, 3:12 PM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #4

Man, I love hearing the nitty-gritty security details. More like this, please!

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Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

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Post by mkr-hn » Mon, May 28, 2012, 3:13 PM UTC

swatkat wrote: post #3

Kaspersky blog has more info: http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193522/The_Flame_Questi...

The LUA makes me wonder if the creator could be identified by their coding style.

Re: Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

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Post by tlack » Mon, May 28, 2012, 3:14 PM UTC

I'd love to know more about the command and control servers. If any of them involve paid hosting that might help to out the guilty party.