FLAME 100 TIMES MORE COMPLEX THAN TYPICAL HACKING VIRUS
Flame is the most complex piece of malicious software discovered to date, according to experts at Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs, which discovered the virus.
It is the third major cyber weapon uncovered after the Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran's nuclear program in 2010, and its data-stealing cousin Duqu, named after the Star Wars villain.
The Trojan bug has about 100 times as much code as a typical virus designed to steal financial information.
It can gather data files, remotely change settings on computers, turn on PC microphones to record conversations, take screen shots and log instant messaging chats.
Russian cyber company Kaspersky Labs said there was evidence to suggest the code was commissioned by the same nation or nations that were behind Stuxnet and Duqu, a 'trojan horse' program which was detected in industrial systems earlier this year.
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