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ABINGDON, England, October 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaspersky Lab [http://www.kaspersky.co.uk ] has today announced the discovery of miniFlame [http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/763/miniFlame_aka_SPE_Elvis_and_his_friends ], a small and highly flexible malicious program designed to steal data and control infected systems during targeted cyber espionage operations. miniFlame, also known as SPE, was found by Kaspersky Lab's experts in July 2012, and was originally...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Iran has devised what they believe to be the most effective way to protect themselves from cyber attacks launched by terrorist hackers and outside governments: They’ll create their own version of the Internet. According to the Washington Post, the Iranian government has begun to lay out technical plans to build their own, self-contained version of the Internet, giving the country tighter control over the information and users...

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...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The group which unleashed the Hydraq or Aurora Trojan horse against Google and 34 other companies in 2009 has also been linked to attacks that have compromised systems at defense contractors, human rights organizations, and other groups, according to one computer security firm. In a report released on Friday, Symantec officials revealed that they had been monitoring the group's activities and discovered that they had used "a...

John Neumann for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The US Air Force (USAF) is looking for a few good nerds as it has been tasked with protecting America’s world wide web. The purview of the USAF includes low-earth orbit, and it has a group known as Space Command who oversee its orderly and peaceful use. Since cyberspace includes the word space, logically, the Air Force should oversee its protection. This is the Pentagon we are talking about so just go with it. Kaspersky Lab...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online It’s alive! Well, not quite, but UT Dallas computer scientists have created a new software that helps develop defense against new kinds of attacks, and in essence it is a monster of sorts. The UT Dallas team, headed by Dr. Kevin Hamlen, associate professor of computer science, created software that can cloak itself as it steals and reconfigures information in a computer program. But Hamlen and doctoral student Vishwath Mohan didn’t...

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...

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...

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab announced on Monday that they had uncovered the “most sophisticated cyber weapon” ever unleashed. The malware, dubbed Flame, is a highly complex malicious program with vast espionage capabilities that are actively targeting sensitive information across the Middle East. The sophistication and functionality of the virus exceed those of all other cyber weapons known to date, Kaspersky said. “Flame can easily be described as one of the most complex...