Beyond Stuxnet: massively complex Flame malware ups ante for cyberwar

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Flame is something new in cyberwar, experts say. It can take screenshots and record audio on infected computers. The malware was almost certainly made by a nation-state.

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Your country is now manufacturing viruses that can take pictures, enable webcams, record audio and send it back to the source. Your tax dollars at work.



http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0529/Beyond-Stuxnet-massively-complex-
Flame-malware-ups-ante-for-cyberwar

Mostly people are volunteering these audio and video recordings on YouTube and disseminating private data on FaceBook.

It's a waste of time and money to catch somebody secretly picking their nose or yelling at their wife to get them a beer as they blog their life away.