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Case Flame

May

2012

Flame (aka Flame aka Skywiper) is a massive, complex piece of malware, used for information gathering and espionage. The malware is most likely created by a western intelligence agency or military. It has infected computers in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and elsewhere. There seems to be a clear difference in how online espionage is done […]

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Malware shuts down hospital near Atlanta, Georgia

Dec

2011

A hospital near Atlanta, Georgia was shutdown to all but extreme trauma cases due to a malware outbreak on their network last week. On Wednesday Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville went on “total diversion” status after malware began spreading so fast on their network that they were unable to effectively rely on it. WSBT in […]

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Lost USB keys have 66% chance of malware

Dec

2011

Sophos studied 50 USB keys bought at a major transit authority’s Lost Property auction. The study revealed that two-thirds were infected with malware, and quickly uncovered information about many of the former owners of the devices, their family, friends and colleagues. Disturbingly, none of the owners had used any sort of encryption to secure their […]

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