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'Flame virus aims to gather intelligence'
Dudi Cohen, Yoav Zitun
Published: 29.05.12, 10:33
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1. Lookie Lou Who's Missing From The List?
(05.29.12)
Is it the Dragon, Bear or the Eagle?
2. SPYWARE
Jim Brown ,   TN USA   (05.29.12)
Get a Mac.
3. Windows opens backdoor for government espionage
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (05.29.12)
4. can anyone say mossad and israel?
(05.29.12)
i sure can and am proud they did it.
5. Is this it? Iran's nuclear program demised?
Israeli 2   (05.29.12)
If this was the long expected attack we had been waiting for, it was fast. Okay, now what?
6. Its made by the USA, cant be more obvious..
Neo ,   EU   (05.29.12)
7. Well, I call that progress.
John ,   Europe   (05.29.12)
Other countries torture for information. We develop viruses. You don't want virus? You can, like in movies, fight it with code in split seconds, prevent this with that and who knows what... ... or you can just unplug it. Anyway - GOOD JOB MOSSAD!
8. This is a clear act of war
Reza Majid ,   Iran   (05.29.12)
Iran & Syria is ready for war. Russia support us closely. If democracy imposed in Syria, it shoudl also be implement in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain etc. Iran & Syria will never kneel down to arrogant Western & Zionist powers that want to dictated illegal terms & conditions.
9. puzzled - Katherine Ashton
James Grover ,   London, UK   (05.29.12)
Why have you Israeli's allowed Katherine Ashton to be the negotiator in the P5+1 talks ? She is a well know pro-Hamas & pro-Islamic sympathizer& has ties to radical Islamic preachers. She will clearly favor Iran . A poisnous rattlesnake might have been a better choice. Europe is filled with such types now, more's the pity.
10. "Flame" virus
Alan - Mérida ,   Merida, Yucatan, Mex   (05.29.12)
"While no one knows who is behind 'the most sophisticated virus of all times,' the bottom line, computer experts say, is that only a state could have developed such a complex virus." So why did China pop into my mind?
11. Flame proves clearly Stuxnet was not developed by Israel.
Michael ,   California, USA   (05.29.12)
Israeli computers are infected by Flame, along with Iranian ones. Like Stuxnet, Flame is the work of a country. Clearly, it cannot be Iran nor Israel. The confused package shipper has shot herself in her foot, a well known fact.
12. If this new virus is anything like stuxnet...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.12)
The Iranians will be able to enrich uranium to 70%.
13. Oh no, don't tell me the Iranians have been hit again
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (05.29.12)
The trials and tribulations of the hapless hucksters.
14. Looks like the end of this nonsense, as it
Edithann ,   USA   (05.29.12)
only leads to short term goals of destructions...and doesn't solve 'any' problems..... Pretty soon we'll all be chasing our tails... I think it's a good thing...looks like we're into a new realm.... the necessity of co-existence...Now isn't that a novel idea? TATA TATA
15. Much, much more to come
Stephen in New York   (05.29.12)
We're going to take care of Iran-you can be sure of that.
16. it could be Turkey
Larry ,   Los Angeles   (05.29.12)
they are a bunch of turkeys anyway, so they must have done it.
17. Is Hussein Obama spying on Israel?
ZionistBecky ,   Israel   (05.29.12)
Obviously Israel could not have created this advanced computer virus thingie. Is Hussein Obama using this virus to steal Isareli secrets and then give these secrets to the Iranians? Ben Jabo, Chaim, and Sarah B have all provided evidence that this is so...so it must be true!
18. spyware?
Vicky ,   Ashkelon Israel   (05.29.12)
What possible is it having a virus protector? I've got nothing to steal so please let me alone.
19. It could be designed by Aliens from Roswell!
brian ,   Ashkelon Israel   (05.29.12)
20. Industrial Revolution
innate   (05.29.12)
It's not the actual fault of the industrial revolution many horrific diiseases have been cured.But Thermonuclear Weapons and ballistic missiles proliferation needs to be slowed with all the faults of the USA it is still the better of the worse althogh we could contemplate what if Sweden was the superpower.
21. EASY WAY TO NEUTRALIZE THIS VIRUS -
Ahmad ,   SWEDEN   (05.29.12)
...is by simply disconnecting all sensitive computers, with sensitive data, from the internet. It's really that simple. If there is no connection out, there is no way of information getting out unless someone has physical access to a computer.
22. Well, we already knew ....
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.12)
.... that STUXNET has a very large family of cousins. So, who wants to scoff at me now when I said a year ago that Israel controlled Iran's computer systems, even its military command and control? Imagine Iran launching a missile toward Tel Aviv, only to have it turned around and dropped on Teheran? Or, better still, Bushehr or Natanz! Save Israel the trouble. Newsflash: The same team that built STUXNET built DUQU, TILDED and FLAME. Surprise, surprise. And this is just the softening up. There's more to come. Much, much more. Iran is in for some very unpleasant times ahead. Bill Gates should be paying Israel for exposing all those flaws in his operating system! He's paying Symantec a fortune, with absolutely no results.
23. Who invented computer revolution ?
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (05.29.12)
First of all a Budapest jew Neumann János. He built the first computer in 1948, but a lot of other jews contributed to develop a cyber society, included the internet. Morally antisemites has no right to use this against the jews, but no moral exist in the world. Nazis also used Fritz Haber's patent "Ziklon B" a stabilized cianide material against jews. Israel has moral obligation to use cyber weapons against its wicked enemies.
24. "By exploiting the same flaw in Windows"
TC   (05.29.12)
Well, Microsoft didn't fix that one since the last time? Shall we say that Microsoft is acting with the US and Israeli government? Anyway, so far so good.
25. #21 great idea! Back to stoneage...
Noa   (05.29.12)
... and the Iran will be no threat to anyone anymore (except their own poor women).
26. Iranian tactic - playing victim ?
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (05.29.12)
I Quote - Iran's MAHER Center said Tuesday that the Flame virus "has caused substantial damage" and that "massive amounts of data have been lost." Comment - When Stuxnet hit Iran - Iran played down the effect. Now - Admitting damage - to stall for time - to be able to continue Iranian enrichment ?. Arn.Sweden.
27. To: No. 21
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.12)
The malware isn't coming via the internet. Israel has lots of boots on the ground in Iran. Deeper cover than you can begin to imagine. The malware is already in Iran's computers. All it takes is a tiny little thumb drive to infect the network. The malware mutates in order to avoid detection, faster than any malware ever known. Iran's computer networks are all infected. FLAME may not even be a new virus, simply a mutated version of the original STUXNET.
28. Mac's are evn more vulnerable than Linux or Win systems
spyguy ,   seattle usa   (05.29.12)
Especially to any country with the resources to develop FLAME. So switching to Mac or Linux will not make any system any more secure.
29. Click Send - oooops
Haim ,   TA   (05.29.12)
30. I'm sure Russians did that
Alla ,   Israel   (05.29.12)
Mean, the vrius thing. 100%
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