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CWI cryptanalyst discovers new cryptographic attack variant in Flame spy malware – Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

CWI cryptanalyst discovers new cryptographic attack variant in Flame spy malware
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
Cryptanalyst Marc Stevens from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, known for breaking the https security in 2008 using a cryptanalytic attack on MD5, analyzed the recent Flame virus this week. He discovered that for this spy malware 

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Flame Windows Update Attack Could Have Been Repeated in 3 Days, Says … – Wired


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Flame Windows Update Attack Could Have Been Repeated in 3 Days, Says
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One of the most disturbing aspects of Flame, however, was its devious subversion of the Windows Update client on targeted machines to spread the malware within a company or an organization's network. After Kaspersky released samples of the malware on

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Microsoft’s Secure Boot, Red Hat request ignites Linus Torvalds’ NSFW flame war

We all may have bad days from time to time, but if it progresses to language that would be bleeped out on mainstream TV news, then a person might hope that it doesn’t receive undue attention.
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‘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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