F-Secure: Cyber weapons do not exist

Firms are misguided to fear government-made malware like Flame and should be more concerned about the ongoing threat of cybercrime, according to F-Secure security analyst Sean Sullivan.

Sullivan made his claim during an interview with V3 regarding the company's mid-year threat report on Monday. "Defining what a cyber weapon is, is next to impossible," Sullivan told V3.

"Tech cyber guys talking about cyber weapons are discussing something that doesn't exist, it's code and tech, so really it's what you do with it that matters." Sullivan's comments relate to the slew of recently uncovered government-funded cyber attacks, like Flame, Guass and Stuxnet. The F-Secure analyst went on to warn that businesses are being misled into focusing on the new highly complex malwares, and should continue to focus on protecting themselves from regular cyber criminals.