Symantec, that bastion of cutting edge computer virus hyperbole, has discovered that Flame has a previously unknown and unsuspected capability!
It can delete files! It can even delete system files! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/flame-virus-capable-of- computer-sabotage-symantec-says/article4362781/ That means it can pulverize^Wdestroy^Wsabotage^Wcause an annoyance on your computer. Nothing like this has ever been seen before in the malware world! This is completely new, and no virus has ... Wait a minute ... I seem to recall one that did that ... in 1987 ... at Lehigh University ... and there were possibly others ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org [T]he reason that it is so hard to secure a complex system like the Internet is, basically, because it's a complex system. - Bruce Schneier, `Secrets and Lies' victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
