Flame virus: Cyber weapon threatening to cripple entire nations has 'hallmarks of the NSA' | Mail Online: N computer security chief Marco Obiso moved to highlight the gravity of the situation after it emerged the bug had been used to hack into computers in Iran.
The sophisticated spyware – said to be about 100 times the size of most malicious software – also hacked other machines in the Middle East, including Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Egypt.
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Mr Obiso said the warning will underline the danger the virus represents to the critical infrastructure of member nations.
The conclusion by Moscow-based internet security firm Kaspersky Lab ZAO that it was crafted at the behest of a national government fuelled claims that Flame was part of an Israeli-backed campaign of electronic sabotage aimed at archrival Iran.
While Israel has done little to dispute the claims, some believe they do not have the capacity to launch such an attack.
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