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Nation-state or not? Security researchers find indications the malware that targeted Iranian systems was professionally developed, but evidence is still scarce

By Robert Lemos
MAY 29, 2012

Calling it "what might be the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed," security firm Kaspersky announced on Monday it had begun analyzing a large and complex program that had plagued Iranian computers for at least the last two years.The program -- alternately referred to by researchers as Flamer, Flame, and Skywiper -- has some circumstantial similarities to Stuxnet and Duqu, two other attacks that researchers believe smack of government involvement.

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