Driessenpost — malware suspected espionage products, Flame, utilize a gap from Microsoft. In fact, the Flame was able to pretend as a program sanctioned by Microsoft.
It was apparently prompted by the Redmond software giant was to try to put it out. How, by spreading a patch to fix it.
According to Mike Reavey, Senior Director of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing, Flame can pretend as an official program from Microsoft.
Malware suspected as a spy program that utilizes the Terminal Server Licensing Service from Microsoft which is used among large corporations.
Reavey says, there are cryptographic algorithms on those services which are somewhat older and can be exploited. Loopholes that are exploited by makers of Flame.
In addition to the matter of Flame, a gap that is feared could be used also to commit fraud, phishing attacks, and others on all versions of Windows.
Therefore, Microsoft did change in the Terminal Server Licensing Service. Along with it, Microsoft deploys patches aka patches expected could address this issue.
Steps from Microsoft is expected to solve the spread of Flame which is said to have started to spread widely beyond the State of the "target" of his.
Arif s.Driessen is the Editorial, Lifestyle, for Digital Works @ The Driessen Post.
