Flame Malware, Targeted Attacks, and You
Summary: A targeted malware called Flame has been snooping on private networks across the Middle East since as early as March 2010, sending back audio recordings, screen shots, documents and emails over a covert SSL channel. According to Kaspersky, it has been limited to 382 systems across 7 countries, and Cisco Talos says the likelihood of seeing it on an average network is exceptionally low.
Key Takeaway: Flame's reach is 382 systems in 7 countries, but its detection is straightforward: Talos published Snort SIDs 23019 through 23038 for command-and-control traffic and ClamAV signatures Worm.Flame, Worm.Flame-1 and Worm.Flame-2, so the gap between hearing about it and being able to look for it is small.
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