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Marketplace Tech Report for Wednesday, May 30, 2012
May 30, 2012

Marketplace Tech Report for Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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Computer networks across the Middle East are engulfed in Flame. That's Flame, singular not plural. Flame is a newly identified bit of malicious software used in an enormous attack on government computers in Iran, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. Flame's power, combined with fear of what else might be out there, could lead to panic by governments around the world.

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Computer networks across the Middle East are engulfed in Flame. That’s Flame, singular not plural. Flame is a newly identified bit of malicious software used in an enormous attack on government computers in Iran, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. Flame’s power, combined with fear of what else might be out there, could lead to panic by governments around the world.

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