For all the ruckus raised by security software vendors, it’s unclear whether the Flame malware, which has mainly hit computers in Iran, is a cause for major concern or something of a dud. Yes, it has been around for several years and has hit computers in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. But its total tally is about 1,000 or so infected systems, according to Kaspersky Lab. Compare that with the millions infected by the Conficker worm, for example.
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Flame: Towering Inferno or Smoke and Mirrors?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 31, 2012 11:43 AMFor all the ruckus raised by security software vendors, it’s unclear whether the Flame malware, which has mainly hit computers in Iran, is a cause for major concern or something of a dud. Yes, it has been around for several years and has hit computers in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. But its total tally is about 1,000 or so infected systems, according to Kaspersky Lab. Compare that with the millions infected by the Conficker worm, for example.