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"