Source:
SANS NewsBites June 8,
2012 Vol. 14, Num. 046
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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.
[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"