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'Flame virus aims to gather intelligence'
Dudi Cohen, Yoav Zitun
Published: 29.05.12, 10:33
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31. death to Isarel
Kemal ,   Iran   (05.29.12)
The West & Zionists keep on threatening Iran with attack, sending viruses etc. It is good that the talks have failed & Iran has maintained self-respect & pride and refused so called P5+1 "offer" of scraps. The P5+1 were clearly acting as remote controlled lap-dogs for American-Zionist criminals. Iran maintain its pride & not go for any further so called P5+1 talks as its fully controlled by US-Israeli Imperialists & a waste of time. If they want war, they will have war !
32. To No. 21
Zhenya K ,   Au   (05.29.12)
Actually Iranian press wrote few months ago that they disconnected internet from from all military and security networks. Perhaps they missed the security update and while the virus was already on their intranet it widespread.
33. 28- still believe Israel has"no comparative
Stephen in New York   (05.29.12)
advantage in weapons development?" Why should anyone care what you think?
34. My last post to 28, SpyPutz, not 8 (But
Stephen in New York   (05.29.12)
8 is also a putz).
35. #27 - Sarah B
Devorah   (05.29.12)
The previous article said "Flame" has been around for five years which would put it on the front end of STUXNET. But I'm wondering if STUXNET and/or the others might be triggers to set "Flame" on fire. Also, "Flame" apparently infects PC's only since there is no mention of mainframes. Do you have thoughts on any of this?
36. Kemal - Iran
Adam ,   London, UK   (05.29.12)
Kemal - please dont be yet another ignorant, brainwashed iranian man who actually believe the propaganda they are fed constantly as children. Your response is childish and immature. You forget it was your government that sent thousands of children to their deaths during the iran/iraq war. You have not learnt from history therefore, inevitably, history will teach you a lesson. war is not something to wish for.
37. IRAN FOR UNPLEASANT TIME....?...#22
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (05.29.12)
Once again,in your dream world,Sarah.If what you imagine is true Israel would not have waited at all.Missiles directed towards Israel falling back in Iran is your dream which pleases yourself only............no one else Sarah.
38. #11- It can't be Israel? Red herring?
michael redbourn ,   Arad Israel   (05.29.12)
Which computers in Israel were affected and who says so? Israel? heh heh heh Come on now, anybody that was capable of writing the program would be smart enough to throw out some red herrings. Russia isn't capable and if it wasn't Israel then China would be the best bet. Why not the US? Imagine the diplomatic carnage if and when it was discovered that the US targeted Israeli computers.
39. Unlike a certain TB'er from the USA
peggy   (05.29.12)
I dont have my ear to the door of the offices of Mossad or any other intel agency. If I did I would brag about it. I really doubt if the iranian smurf can actually read that pc data in the headline pic. Sasha Baron Cohen was amazing in The Dictator...hope there wont be a fatwa out on him now. His remarks about ahamedinerjack were hillarious.
40. YOUR IGNORANCE SHOWS IT ALL....#36
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (05.29.12)
Far from it..........unless,of course,you did not bother to follow the war with Iraq.So long as you remain in the slumber,nothing will enlighten you at all.What else do you know about Iran?
41. #30: Alla is an arab name, isn't it?
(05.29.12)
Funny how Israeli Arabs proud themselves of being Israelis when it suits them, and most do everything in their power to weaken Israel.
42. Ok, OFFICIAL - THERE IS NO "FLAME!"
John ,   Europe   (05.29.12)
They were cheep arses who downloaded bad copy of Windows Vista and now have issues so it is all "a Zionist plot to screw us!" Yeah.
43. 4 Its not from israel bc israli computers are infected too
Neo ,   EU   (05.29.12)
this article forgot to mention..
44. BLESSED FLAME !
Mark ,   T.a. Israel   (05.29.12)
I DO NOT CARE WHICH COUNTRY INVENTED THIS VIRUS ! BUT TO DAY I FELT MORE HAPPY AND RELAXED WHEN I HEARD THIS NEWS !
45. Do a search on...
Devorah   (05.29.12)
"Iran cyber response." --------------------------------- "According to the open intelligence company Lignet, Iran may have shifted from defensive to offensive cyber operations following the Stuxnet virus cyber attacks that targeted its infrastructure and nuclear facilities. "Some believe it may be working to reverse engineer the Stuxnet code to develop its own cyber weapons. "Iran blames the United States and Israel for the Stuxnet attacks. Intelligence sources say that if the U.S. decides to go to war with Iran, destructive software systems which now are “sleeping” could be activated." (WND May 27, 2012)
46. Let us hope ALL data is lost!!
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (05.29.12)
47. #43 - Israeli computers infected, too
Chaya ,   Tel Aviv   (05.29.12)
As are others. This is collateral damage
48. al gore may...
mark ,   usa   (05.29.12)
have said he invented the internet but the DoD most definitely did. good luck with this one. as always we are five generations ahead of even second best.
49. If Israel wants they can infect those compuers that are only
thrower ,   Atlanta   (05.29.12)
Involved in weapons including their stooges in W Bank and Syria.
50. Cool! If it hurts Iran's nuke program, then I'm happy:)
(05.29.12)
51. Another country shouild also be a suspect.
David ,   Boston, USA   (05.29.12)
Wnen I think about a country who is known for their quest to steal information I think of China.
52. its the idf to my opinion.
rila ,   tel aviv   (05.29.12)
53. Iran will soon be an apple convert
zionist forever   (05.29.12)
Both Stuxnet & Flame made use of a flaw in good old Windows so maybe its time Iran became an Apple fan. Whoever it was though that came up with Flame & Stuxnet you done a good job. Now why not invent a virus to infect Ahmadinejad's brain and maybe he will stop being such an idiot.
54. nice work boys !
alsky ,   toronto   (05.29.12)
great news !
55. #31 Ahmadinejad should be your propaganda minister...LOLLLL
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (05.29.12)
56. To: Devorah at No. 35
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.12)
Cannot operate a network without a server, or mainframe. I'm sure that all of the malware is already deeply embedded in Iran's computer networks. They just trigger at different times and under different scenarios. There's more; much, much more. This is not something that was developed overnight. It took years and years to achieve.
57. To: No. 37
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.12)
Except you really have no way of knowing just how deeply and how badly Iran's computers are infected, do you? And it may surprise you just how many people in this world would like nothing more than to see Iranian missiles falling back in Iran.
58. To: No. 47
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.12)
Actually, from what I understand, the infected computers are actually in the PA and in Gaza, probably Lebanon as well. But please keep in mind that the entire STUXNET family is quite benign unless specifically triggered.
59. #56 - Thank you, Ms. B
Devorah   (05.30.12)
60. To: Devorah at No. 59
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.30.12)
You are most welcome. I'm Sarah to my friends, by the way.
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