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Hacking the News: Information Warfare in the Age of Twitter

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 8:05am

The group of pro-Assad hackers calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army hacked The Guardian news outlet over the weekend, marking the latest in a string of cyberattacks from the same organization.  The incident emphasizes the potential threat such attacks could pose if executed for goals far more malicious than intimidation or...

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Flame commits (partial) suicide

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Posted by    Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 9:35pm

An update on Flame, from BBC:

The creators of the Flame malware have sent a “suicide” command that removes it from some infected computers.

Security firm Symantec caught the...

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Stuxnet-on-steroids Flame virus hits Iran

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Posted by    Monday, May 28, 2012 at 4:31pm

This is a little scary, particularly if it were put in the wrong hands. Via The Times of Israel:

A new, unprecedented computer virus called “Flame” (or “sKyWIper”) has hit Iran, the West Bank, and other Middle Eastern locations. It is already considered one of the most sophisticated cyber weapons ever unleashed....

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