[governance] Multiplication of virus cases built by and for states ...

Sivasubramanian M isolatednet at gmail.com
Fri Aug 10 07:28:47 EDT 2012


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> Gauss was discovered during the course of the ongoing effort initiated by
> the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) <http://www.itu.int/>,
> following the discovery of Flame.


On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 4:53 PM, <karim.attoumanimohamed at ties.itu.int>wrote:

> Gauss – Nation-state cyber-surveillance meets banking Trojan
> http://www.securelist.com/en/**blog?weblogid=208193767<http://www.securelist.com/en/blog?weblogid=208193767>
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> Gauss, a new virus (or worm because its decryption is not done) was
> identified by Kaspersky. The fourth after Stuxnet, Flame and Duqu.
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> I wondered if it's not time sounding the alarm because it could be that
> many more malware exist but those who created them or the victims do not
> dare talk about for their image and of sovereignty reasons.
>
> What benefits can be envisaged for end users in what appears to be a
> cybernetics war that started  before it was predicted by experts.
>
> Where countries may protest at global level? I believe that ICT governance
> is truly threatened and we may be surprized by all implications as for now
> it's clear that everything is possible in the cyberspace.
>
> Karim ATTOUMANI MOHAMED, Comoros
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