The
Flame malware or Flamer trojan or sKyWIper, has been dubbed the most complex and sophisticated malware encountered to-date – more complex than Duqu and Stuxnet. It is a backdoor, a Trojan, and it has worm-like features, allowing it to replicate in a local network and on removable media. The virus can not only steal data but disrupt computers by removing critical files.
The trojan has been out in the wild for around three years. It is made of a number of modules, totalling up to 20 MB in code size and includes two info-stealer components that are bundled with it, Flask and Jimmy. This is five times larger than the typical size of these malware programs. It can collect everything from text, screenshots to voice input data and transmits them in a compressed form to its creators.
