An astonishingly comprehensive and stealthy beast, but Flame virus doesn't pose a risk to the public
..........yet.
Ever since word of the Flame virus first got out the superlatives have come in thick and fast.
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Flame could become a danger to the public, however, if criminal networks are able to get their hands on some of the coding that has made it so effective. That is what happened with Stuxnet.
Even more targeted than Flame, Stuxnet was developed – most likely by Israel or the United States – to disrupt Iran’s nuclear programme by exploiting the very specific Siemans computer systems that were used by Tehran in its uranium enrichment facilities
On its own it was harmless to other systems. But once the coding became public – an inevitable side effect of analysing and defeating viruses – criminal groups were able to take sections of the virus and develop it for their own nefarious purposes. Malware using Stuxnet’s capabilities soon began to surface on the black market and cause carnage online.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/an-astonishingly-comprehensive-and-stealthy-beast-but-flame-virus-doesnt-pose-a-risk-to-the-public-yet-7800835.html