Researchers at Kaspersky Lab detected MiniFlame, also dubbed SPE, an information-stealing backdoor that works independently, or as a module of Flame and Gauss. The malware was discovered on about 50 to 60 machines, with its central purpose being to zero in on high-profile targets pinpointed in Flame and Gauss espionage campaigns. Mini-Flame's capabilities include capturing screenshots while victims run specific programs or applications or using USB drives to store data collected from infected machines, but which aren't connected to the internet.
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