<a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/06/05/1638228/flame-malware-hijacks-windows-update">http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/06/05/1638228/flame-malware-hijacks-windows-update</a><br><br>OK. I can't stop laughing about this "breach of security".<br>
<br>So the flame worm (and it's related kin) are written to probe Iranian nuke facilities as precursor to stuxnet. The "compromised" signing cert from Microsoft is being deleted even as we speak to cover tracks and obfuscate the depth of corporate involvement in the spy game. By hijacking the update process, the targeted group always gets the desired code-base.<br>
<br>If not for an Iranian breach of security (tech plugged in personal laptop into stuxnet infected network inside the facility), the stuxnet and flame and the "trojaned" cert would still be in use.<br><br>It's brilliant but also terrifying given the level of same hardware in use for all manner of infrastructure control worldwide.<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><br>As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
outcome.<br>- <i><i><i><i>2011 Noam Chomsky<br><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br></i></i></i></i><br>