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nerde Champion Author Florida Posts:6,546 Points:1,339,470 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:43:32 AM Ignore nerde Report Abuse A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation. The malware, discovered by Russia-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, is an espionage toolkit that has been infecting targeted systems in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, the Israeli Occupied Territories and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa for at least two years. Kaspersky discovered the malware about two weeks ago after the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union asked the Lab to look into reports in April that computers belonging to the Iranian Oil Ministry and the Iranian National Oil Company had been hit with malware that was stealing and deleting Visit Wired for full article

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A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation.

The malware, discovered by Russia-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, is an espionage toolkit that has been infecting targeted systems in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, the Israeli Occupied Territories and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa for at least two years.

Kaspersky discovered the malware about two weeks ago after the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union asked the Lab to look into reports in April that computers belonging to the Iranian Oil Ministry and the Iranian National Oil Company had been hit with malware that was stealing and deleting
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remay Champion Author Houston Posts:7,078 Points:2,143,215 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 8:02:50 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse relevance to THIS forum?
Grizdad Champion Author San Bernardino Posts:5,687 Points:805,780 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 7:11:33 PM Ignore Grizdad Report Abuse Hehe....
BuckyTJones Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:4,932 Points:967,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 5:35:01 PM Ignore BuckyTJones Report Abuse Its good to hear someone is doing their job. You mess with the bull, your bound to get the horn.
GetMaxCashBack Veteran Author Trenton Posts:386 Points:173,775 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 1:05:40 PM Ignore GetMaxCashBack Report Abuse This sounds very similar to an article about a virus that maliciously targeted equipment commonly used for making nuclear weapons about a year ago.
HorizonChaser Champion Author Montgomery Posts:2,115 Points:481,910 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 11:58:40 AM Ignore HorizonChaser Report Abuse Oh, good, let's publish all this information, because the enemy will never read this [/sarcasm]
APlus Champion Author San Antonio Posts:4,013 Points:1,011,020 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 11:45:03 AM Ignore APlus Report Abuse OK could happen to anyone or country scary
BurntOrange Champion Author Austin Posts:8,877 Points:1,609,740 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:47:01 AM Ignore BurntOrange Report Abuse Hi Flame, I am Burnt Orange. Nice to meet you.
txrojo2005 All-Star Author Austin Posts:801 Points:500,140 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:36:07 AM Ignore txrojo2005 Report Abuse If the malware made it to our computerized cars, what would happen?
fuel2use Champion Author Seattle Posts:3,609 Points:757,945 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:30:14 AM Ignore fuel2use Report Abuse Dang they found it
renee56427 Rookie Author Arkansas Posts:8 Points:845 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:15:59 AM Ignore renee56427 Report Abuse God help us all
BoycotPetro All-Star Author Illinois Posts:962 Points:203,050 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:03:36 AM Ignore BoycotPetro Report Abuse The average person has nothing to worry about with this device. It was obviously created by someone with the intention of spying on certain countries in the middle east, mainly Iran and anyone doing business with them. Now that it has been detected you can be sure the attackers have moved on to something else.
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amoshins Champion Author Trenton Posts:2,301 Points:667,020 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:28:22 AM Ignore amoshins Report Abuse Could flame make it cheaper to fill up my tank?
hornet17 Champion Author Vancouver Posts:1,323 Points:440,865 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:20:07 AM Ignore hornet17 Report Abuse maybe someone can write a virus that produces lower gas prices.
papagee55 Sophomore Author South Carolina Posts:202 Points:46,670 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:14:49 AM Ignore papagee55 Report Abuse Hello Flame..
MikeMotorhead All-Star Author Detroit Posts:765 Points:545,515 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:06:44 AM Ignore MikeMotorhead Report Abuse Hope it stays over there.
MikeCapeCoral Champion Author Cape Coral Posts:2,078 Points:447,545 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:57:50 AM Ignore MikeCapeCoral Report Abuse Man started out fighting by hitting each other with their hands. Then they found out you didn’t have to get close, just throw a rock. Not we hit each other with computer code. Where do we go next?
WebGabe Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:2,505 Points:523,345 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:47:36 AM Ignore WebGabe Report Abuse Sweet.
lazydoggs3 Veteran Author Fresno Posts:262 Points:31,265 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:45:42 AM Ignore lazydoggs3 Report Abuse fingers crossed the glitch will bring the prices down one can only hope come on ten cents a gallon
nerde Champion Author Florida Posts:6,546 Points:1,339,470 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:44:15 AM Ignore nerde Report Abuse It's all about oil