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UN issues Flame warning to member nations as Iran confirms attack

Kaspersky had uncovered what it called the most advanced and sophisticated virus, a cause of cyber attacks in the Middle East.....

May 30, 2012 / 13:05 IST
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Kaspersky has uncovered the Flame virus that is now the most advanced and sophisticated virus and the cause of cyber attacks in the Middle East. Iran now acknowledges that the potent virus has affected the computer systems of its top officials, reports The New York Times. Iran’s cyber defense organization known as the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre has warned that this virus is extremely powerful, about 20 times more than the Stuxnet that had attacked its nuclear program in Tehran. This sophisticated virus is also speculated to be a state sponsored one. Click here for full story

first published: May 30, 2012 12:55 pm

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