Definition[]
E-mail[]
A flame is an e-mail or Usenet message in which the writer attacks another person on overly harsh, and often personal, terms. A flame is intended to insult, provoke or rebuke another user.
Malware[]
The Flame virus is
| “ | malicious software discovered in 2012 that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The program is being used for targeted cyber espionage in Middle Eastern countries.[1] | ” |
"Part of the functionality of the virus including turning on microphones of computers to secretly record conversations, taking screen grabs of infected computers and stealing credentials of high-level and administrative users."[2]