The two organizations have joined forces to track down the source of the Flame virus, believed by some to be the creation of a national government hostile to Iran.

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Israel's military renowned for cyber-intelligence units like "8200" that churn out technology entrepreneurs is believed to be behind the Stuxnet virus and the Flame spying software that targeted Iran's nuclear program.

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One of the industries brightest and most prominent researchers, Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure, offered a public mea culpa last week for the failure of Anti-Virus vendors to detect and prevent advanced malware such as the recently discovered Flame.

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