Experts have today raised question marks over the sophistication of new computer bug Flame, saying sections of the code used to produce it are the same as that used in video games like Angry Birds...
So who did it?
The argument appears to boil down to two schools of thought. Some say Flame's authors were being exceedingly clever by using an unusual programming language to develop a deadly piece of malware in an attempt to confuse hi-tech security systems.-----------------------
Others say those behind the superbug were amateurs who did little to do much to cover their tracks.
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May 31, 2012: For the third year in a row, a Cyber War "super weapon" has turned up in Iranian and other Middle Eastern computers.
The new one is called Flame, and it was designed to stay hidden and collect information. It apparently did both, for up to five years (or more), in Iran, Lebanon, the Palestinian West Bank, and, to a lesser extent, other Moslem countries in the region.
Like the earlier Stuxnet (2009) and Duqu (2011), Flame has all the signs of being designed and created by professional programmers and software engineers. Most malware (hacker software) is created by talented and often undisciplined amateurs and often displays a lack of discipline and organization. Professional programmers create more capable and reliable software. That describes Stuxnet, Duqu, and Flame.
Someone is spending big bucks to craft major Cyber War weapons and turn them loose.
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