Source: SANS NewsBites June 8, 2012 Vol. 14, Num. 046 ************************************************************************ THE REST OF THE WEEK'S NEWS --Flame Malware Extinguishes Itself (June 7, 2012) The people behind the Flame malware network appear to have responded to recent publicity by sending out a command that has caused it to self-destruct. Some of the command-and-control servers in Flame's infrastructure sent out a file that is essentially a Flame uninstaller, which also overwrites the disk with random characters to help disguise its footprint. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07/flame_suicide_command/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57448813-83/flame-authors-force-self-destru ct/ [Editor's Note (Honan): This malware contains lots of interesting techniques including its ability to use a MD5 chosen-prefix collision attack. "Crypto breakthrough shows Flame was designed by world-class scientists" http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/06/flame-crypto-breakthrough/]