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W32.Flamer: Enormous Data Collection

05

Jun

2012

W32.Flamer has built-in modules to gather an enormous amount of information from compromised computers, well beyond that of any threat seen previously. These modules, referred to as 'apps' by the threat, are downloadable and updatable by the threat from an 'app store', as described in a previous blog. Flamer may initially collect some preliminary information […]

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The Roof Is on Fire: Tackling Flame’s C&C Servers

04

Jun

2012

On Sunday, May 27 2012, the Iranian MAHER CERT posted a note announcing the discovery of a new targeted attack dubbed “Flamer”. On Monday 28 May 2012 aat 9am EST, after an investigation prompted and supported by the International Telecommunication Union, Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab from Hungary announced the discovery of Flame (aka Skywiper), […]

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Flamer: A Recipe for Bluetoothache

01

Jun

2012

W32.Flamer is possibly the only Windows based threat we have encountered which uses Bluetooth. It is yet another indicator that W32.Flamer is not only exceptional, but that it is a comprehensive information gathering and espionage tool. The CrySyS laboratory has previously documented the technical details of Bluetooth in W32.Flamer. But, what does this actually mean […]

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