‘Flame’: Powerful cyber weapon found in Iran – Daily Maverick

'Flame': Powerful cyber weapon found in Iran
Daily Maverick
Flame appears poised to go down in history as the third major cyber weapon uncovered after Stuxnet and its data-stealing cousin Duqu, named after the Star Wars villain. The Moscow-based company is controlled by Russian malware researcher Eugene

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Obama to beef up computer security – Sydney Morning Herald

Obama to beef up computer security
Sydney Morning Herald
The administration has been drafting an order on computer security since at least last northern autumn, before the Senate failed in its second attempt to pass Obama-backed legislation to create cyber standards for companies. Mr Obama has said critical

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Bit9 rocked by attackers who breach certificates and sign them as malware – SC Magazine UK


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Bit9 rocked by attackers who breach certificates and sign them as malware
SC Magazine UK
of new malware variants being unleashed on the internet each day [the company brags that Bit9 is the only security firm to stop both the Flame malware and the RSA breach attack, even before they were identified by traditional/legacy anti-virus
Bit9 To Share Data On Certificate HackTechWeekEurope UK
Bit9 customers attacked after firm fails to protect its own digital certificateCSO

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2013 will see more Stuxnet and Flame-like malware attacks, says AVG CTO – Computing

2013 will see more Stuxnet and Flame-like malware attacks, says AVG CTO
Computing
"Stuxnet and Flame have already happened, and have shown that this powerful malware can become accessible to others, and we're starting to see people increasingly utilising this sophisticated malware that is sponsored by governments," Ben-Itzhak told

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