Flame Flame

  • First known sample

    2007

  • Discovery

    2012

  • Number of targets

    1000-3000

  • Current status

    Inactive since 2013

  • Type

    Complex cyberattack platform

  • Targeted platforms

    Windows

  • TOP targeted countries

    Egypt , Europe , Iran , Israel , Lebanon , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Syria , Ukraine

  • Connected attacks

    Gauss , Stuxnet , Equation , miniFlame , Duqu 2.0

  • The way of propagation

    LAN spreading , USB cables

  • Purpose/Functions

    Cyberespionage
  • Special features
    A complex attack toolkit with worm-like features

  • Targets

    Academia/Research , Government entities , Specific individuals
  • Artefacts/Attribution
    ~DF Team, related with Stuxnet/Duqu developers
  • Description

    One of the most complex and sophisticated cyber-espionage toolkits ever discovered that attacked organizations across the Middle East from 2007 to 2013. It acted as a backdoor, a Trojan, and a worm with up to 20 different plug-ins. Most likely nation state-sponsored, the cyber-attack platform did not target any specific industry.

    Additional information

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  2. Collecting samples
  3. Reversing the samples
  4. Decrypting sophisticated encryption and compression schemes
  5. Understanding lateral movement
  6. Outlining multiple attack stages in the correct order
  7. Mapping C&C infrastructure
  8. Setting up sinkholes
  9. Analyzing collected traffic and communication protocols
  10. Crawling other hosts that understand the same protocol
  11. Taking down and acquiring images of C&C servers
  12. Identifying victims, sending out notifications to victims and global CERTs
  13. Applying forensic analysis and extracting logs, stolen files, other components
  14. Collecting and analyzing data from KSN, C&C servers, individual victims who are willing to work with us, sinkholes, crawlers, etc.
  15. Writing a comprehensive report
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