May be of some interest to this group. Looks like another US intelligence cyber-espionage malware has been reported by Kaspersky, this time primarily targeting former Soviet-block republics.
Full story is here: <http://www.scmagazine.com/red-october-spy-campaign-uncovered-rivals-flame-virus/printarticle/276016/> I found it interesting that this SC Magazine report stated: ... the campaign deploys malware to steal sensitive information, including files encrypted by Acid Cryptofiler, classified software used to safeguard confidential data maintained by such organizations as the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European Parliament. ... I'm guessing that means that this Acid Cryptofiler is some severely flawed crypto software (or was written by the NSA and has some back door or side channel). -kevin -- Blog: http://off-the-wall-security.blogspot.com/ "The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We *cause* accidents." -- Nathaniel Borenstein _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
