Flame: Um Vírus de Computador Para Esculhambar a Defesa de Países

A complex targeted cyber-attack that collected private data from countries such as Israel and Iran has been uncovered, researchers have said.Among the countries affected by the attack are Iran, Israel, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt."The geography of the targets and also the complexity of the threat leaves no doubt about it being a nation-state that sponsored the research that went into it," Mr Kamluk said. The malware is capable of recording audio via a microphone, before compressing it and sending it back to the attacker.It is also able to take screenshots of on-screen activity, automatically detecting when "interesting" programs - such as email or instant messaging - were open.