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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Earlier this year, the Iranian nuclear program was attacked by a powerful and targeted form of cyber weaponry known as the Stuxnet Trojan. Then in May, a cyber-surveillance tool called Flame was uncovered and was later called "the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed" by researchers at Kaspersky Labs. It was later discovered that US military and intelligence agencies – including the CIA and NSA – had worked together with...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Career criminal Willie Sutton never actually said that he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is,” and he actually said, “Why did I rob banks? Because I enjoyed it. I loved it.” Today’s cyber-criminals don’t create banking malware because they love it; they do it because the malware is aimed at banks and “that’s where the money is.” This week Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab introduced new version of...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The devil is often in the details, and sometimes those details can provide would-be sleuths with clues. This is certainly the case in the new mystery virus known as “Shamoon,” which was discovered by researchers at Symantec and McAfee last week. Also known as “Disttrack,” the virus is notable in that it contains the string “wiper” in the Windows file directory that its developers used when compiling it. The malware...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs has called for help from the world’s leading cryptographers to help break the encryption of what remains a still-mysterious and potentially devastating warhead delivered by the Gauss cyber-surveillance malware. On Tuesday the company reached out to essentially anyone who could help crack the code. “We are asking anyone interested in cryptology and mathematics to join us in solving the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new virus has been discovered in the Middle East which may share some roots with the US-built Flame malware which infected Iranian machines earlier this year. According to research firm Kaspersky labs, this new virus can be used to steal system information as well as bring networks to their knees underneath its massive weight. So far, the virus has been found on as many as 2,500 machines, most of which reside in Lebanon....

Today is the release of the Kaspersky review and breaking down the pro's and cons of the Kaspersky antivirus and Internet security. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 The Kaspersky review is about an anti-virus program that is designed to protect from a variety of malware which includes, viruses, spamware, adware, and identity theft. It is constantly scanning the computer, in a way that won’t disrupt ones computer’s processing speed, and it also scans all website visits and...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com Flame malware, a sophisticated program that infected numerous computers in the Middle East and was first discovered by researchers at Kaspersky Lab, has been confirmed to be a jointly created effort of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Israeli military to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, officials familiar with the matter have confirmed, according to the Washington Post. The newspaper cited that...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com A meeting of minds may have occurred behind closed doors, and the results could be a sharing of a super virus that could wreak havoc on government computers. But this wasn’t some nefarious cabal of insidious hackers plotting world domination or setting up a cyber “Legion of Doom.” Or maybe it was, depending on how you choose to view what this cyber technology can do – and whether you believe in some conspiracy theories. This week it was reported that...

A little more than a week after researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered one of the “most sophisticated” viruses to date, the authors have sent it a “suicide code” so that it will self-destruct on certain infected computers, according to Symantec, which caught the command while monitoring booby-trapped computers. The malware, called Flame, is a highly complex malicious tool that has actively targeted computers in the Middle East. The authors are now using what control they have of...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com As our world becomes increasingly interconnected via the series of tubes and wires known as the internet, so too grows the risk of cyber-crime. So far in 2012, we’ve already seen malware strike a large number of Macs, several attacks on large organizations and even the new Flame malware, which is said to be the most advanced and sophisticated malware yet. Now, two different securities officials are saying they are worried about what our future may...