ESET Threat Blog: Stuxnet, Flamer, Flame, Whatever Name: There's just no good malware

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BY STEPHEN COBB
June 21, 2012

A week ago the big malware news was the code known as Flame, Flamer, or sKyWIper (detected by ESET as Win32/Flamer.A), then on June 1, this news broke: "A damaging cyberattack against Iran’s nuclear program was the work of U.S. and Israeli experts and proceeded under the secret orders of President Obama." (Washington Post) Clearly, the antivirus community is going to have a lot to say about this news and there will probably be several posts on the topic from ESET researchers.

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