U.S. Caught Creating Three New Computer Viruses

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U.S. Caught Creating Three New Computer Viruses

Obama administration touts cybersecurity while conducting cyber warfare

While routinely touting the necessity for tighter controls over the Internet in the name of cybersecurity, the U.S. government has again been caught creating computer viruses to wage cyber warfare in the Middle East.

Researchers working for both Kaspersky and Symantec have separately discovered that the United States is almost certainly responsible for three new viruses that are being used in Lebanon and Iran to conduct espionage, having already been identified as the culprits behind the 2010 Stuxnet virus and this year’s closely related Flame virus.

Kaspersky and Symantec experts are still unsure as to what the newly discovered viruses are designed to do, but have confirmed that they are operating in the Middle East, including Iran and Lebanon, and that the, “approach to uploading packages and downloading data fits the profile of military and/or intelligence operations.”

The new viruses, programs code-named SP, SPE and IP, use malware packages that try to “communicate with command and control servers.” The new viruses could be offshoots of the Flame virus or completely different pieces of software.

“The findings are likely to bolster a growing view that the U.S. government is using cyber technology more widely than previously believed to further its interests in the Middle East,” reports Haaretz.

“The United States has already been linked to the Stuxnet Trojan that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 and the sophisticated Flame cyber surveillance tool that was uncovered in May.”

As the Washington Post reported earlier this year, the United States and Israel were also responsible for jointly developing the Flame virus, a huge malware assault that monitored Iran’s computer networks.

Despite months of inaccurate speculation blaming Russia or China for the outbreak of the 2010 Stuxnet virus, it was eventually admitted by the New York Times that, “US and Israeli intelligence services collaborated to develop a destructive computer worm to sabotage Iran’s efforts to make a nuclear bomb.”

The U.S. government’s continual efforts to develop computer viruses as a tool of cyber warfare might be more palatable were it not for the constant push by the executive and legislative branches to censor and regulate the Internet domestically in the name of cybersecurity.

Urging President Obama last month to pass an executive order that critics have denounced as another federal power grab over the Internet, Senator Jay Rockefeller justified the EO by claiming it was needed “to protect this country from the cyber threat,” even as the U.S. simultaneously launches aggressive cyber warfare campaigns against other countries.

Indeed, viruses created by the United States and Israel have even been cited as proof that restrictive cyber security legislation needs to be rubber stamped – by the very same government allied with the intelligence networks creating the viruses.

As we reported back in 2011, despite initial evidence clearly indicating the U.S. and Israel were behind the Stuxnet attack, a fact that was subsequently confirmed, major news websites still parroted the official narrative that Russia or China were to blame, even going to the lengths of ridiculing anyone who suggested otherwise as paranoid conspiracy theorists.

While claiming that it needs more power over the world wide web to prevent the spread of hostile computer viruses that could cripple U.S. infrastructure and sensitive networks, the U.S. government itself is creating those very same computer viruses to spy on and attack infrastructure and sensitive networks in other countries.
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Ummm, all I read in that article is assumptions no real facts.

and yes InfoWars is a bastion of truth and justice as well.
 
B.O.F.H. said:
Ummm, all I read in that article is assumptions no real facts.

and yes InfoWars is a bastion of truth and justice as well.
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Use it, don't use it, it's up to you.
It's a starting point, not an end point. Do the research and decide for yourself.
 
Kaspersky and Symantec have most certainly not said that it is the US government.
The last I heard was they they believed it was a nation state.

Dodgy article
 
For the Infowars haters :p -- follow the links that are provided, as they expand on the points raised.
 
More lame Infowars propaganda. /sigh

America have always indicated they are involved in cyber warfare. Check that opening line, "Obama administration touts cybersecurity while conducting cyber warfare". They have always touted both. Please try quote stuff from adult sites and not websites for the mentally challenged.
 
ghoti said:
More lame Infowars propaganda. /sigh

America have always indicated they are involved in cyber warfare. Check that opening line, "Obama administration touts cybersecurity while conducting cyber warfare". They have always touted both. Please try quote stuff from adult sites and not websites for the mentally challenged.
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Has the US really touted cyber warfare?

Oh, and which part is propaganda ;)
 
Yes they have touted cyber warfare, but I'm guessing you've never heard of USCYBERCOM.

The article is a bunch of poppycock from start to finish. Yes a nationstate has probably developed the viruses, or multiple nationstates... but nowhere does Symantec or Kaspersky link it to the US.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Yes they have touted cyber warfare, but I'm guessing you've never heard of USCYBERCOM.

The article is a bunch of poppycock from start to finish. Yes a nationstate has probably developed the viruses, or multiple nationstates... but nowhere does Symantec or Kaspersky link it to the US.
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No I haven't, thanks for that. You're missing my point though. There a big difference between cyber warfare and cybersecurity.

From wiki:

USCYBERCOM centralizes command of cyberspace operations, organizes existing cyber resources and synchronizes defense of U.S. military networks.
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So again I ask -- does the USA tout cyber warfare or cybersecurity, or both?
 
ToxicBunny said:
How about reading the ENTIRE wiki article, it answers your question for you.
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Ok thanks ;)

So then my wider point is this -- in effect, the USA then promotes cyber-terrorism.
Not only does it set up protection of it's own resources as a priority; but at the same time condoning any attempts at circumventing, and even compromising or impairing other nations own cyber-security.
 
Why do virus creators make viruses to make your PC slow or make your PC do stupid things.
Why dont they ever create a virus that does real damage, like corrupts everything that comes in their way, or delete what ever it can ?

They always just waste your time
 
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