Flame's Secret Could've Fetched $1 Million on Black Market

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Back when the Microsoft Update piece of the Flame espionage-software package was still undetected it could have sold for $1 million on the malware black market, a security researcher says.

"That discovery is worth a lot of money," says Marcus Carey, security researcher at vulnerability-management firm Rapid7, "at least six figures and probably more -- seven figures. That's how elite that attack is."

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