Flame virus is a government funded project, reveals Kaspersky researcher

Over the past few days, we have been bombarded by the exploits of the newly discovered virus going by the name, Flame that wreaked havoc on the computers in the Middle East giving way to cyber attacks. The Flame worm, which was discovered by researchers at the Kaspersky Lab has now gained the notoriety of being the most advanced and sophisticated cyber weapon discovered ever. Yesterday, reports about Iran acknowledging that the dangerous virus had found its way to the computer systems of its top officials had surfaced, leading everyone to believe that the deadly virus was fast making its way into computer systems. Iran’s cyber defense organization known as the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre warned that this virus is extremely powerful, about 20 times more than the Stuxnet that had attacked its nuclear program in Tehran. The virus, reportedly had been around on computers for 5 years and is capable of sniffing the network traffic, taking screenshots, recording audio conversations, intercepting the keyboard, and even monitoring the display.Click here for full story