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"Another key feature of Gauss is the ability to infect USB thumb drives, using the same LNK vulnerability that was previously used in Stuxnet and Flame."

Do we have to repeat the same debate about this one's origin?




That .lnk vulnerability is now in metasploit; I don't think we can safely say that Gauss is from the same org from this one piece of evidence.


The viruses (this and skywiper) appear to be both targeting the middle east... Maybe they're all just chumps and easy targets out there, but it also makes sense that they have the same people behind them.




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