Flame virus disguised itself as Microsoft Update to attack PCs, company reveals

[Sundowner]

Uh Oh....

This reveals that Microsoft update may or may not be Microsoft update.

But wait...they released a Microsoft update to protect you from this!

Regards,
Sun

On a funny side note my Firefox spell checker identified the misspelled "cybertattacks" in the article but the suggested correction from spell checker was "backstabber"!

Flame disguised itself as Microsoft Update to attack PCs, company reveals

The so-called "Flame" computer virus, the latest to cause problems for Iran's computer networks, appears to have attacked some Windows-based PCs, Microsoft revealed, while reassuring its users that most had little to worry about.

"We have discovered through our analysis that some components of the malware have been signed by certificates that allow software to appear as if it was produced by Microsoft," the company said in its security blog.

The company responded to the discovery by advising customers how to block such malware, releasing a security update to fight it and updating its licensing service to reduce the risk of similar cybertattacks in the future.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/04/flame-disguised-itself-as-microsoft-program-to-attack-some-pcs-company-reveals/#ixzz1wvW9CVni

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Uh Oh....

This reveals that Microsoft update may or may not be Microsoft update.

But wait...they released a Microsoft update to protect you from this!

Regards,
Sun

On a funny side note my Firefox spell checker identified the misspelled "cybertattacks" in the article but the suggested correction from spell checker was "backstabber"!

Flame disguised itself as Microsoft Update to attack PCs, company reveals

The so-called "Flame" computer virus, the latest to cause problems for Iran's computer networks, appears to have attacked some Windows-based PCs, Microsoft revealed, while reassuring its users that most had little to worry about.

"We have discovered through our analysis that some components of the malware have been signed by certificates that allow software to appear as if it was produced by Microsoft," the company said in its security blog.

The company responded to the discovery by advising customers how to block such malware, releasing a security update to fight it and updating its licensing service to reduce the risk of similar cybertattacks in the future.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/04/flame-disguised-itself-as-microsoft-program-to-attack-some-pcs-company-reveals/#ixzz1wvW9CVni

Coverup story for CIA working in co-operation with Microsoft to target middle-eastern facilities. If windows update would be randomly spewing flame we'd all be infected already.

[Sundowner]

Coverup story for CIA working in co-operation with Microsoft to target middle-eastern facilities. If windows update would be randomly spewing flame we'd all be infected already.

What makes you so sure you're not?

Commercial grade AV software? Buhahahahah!

NSA= No Such Agency  

Also, the article stated the malware wasn't Microsoft update to begin with.
It was disguised as Microsoft update!


Regards,
Sun