Some examples:

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/flame-malware-m... "The hype surrounding Flame may be partially the result of the ITU"

http://www.thetechherald.com/articles/Is-the-hype-surroundin... "None of the methods of this malware are particularly new."

http://xato.net/malware/flame-is-kind-of-lame/ "It’s just not that impressive as far as features go. In fact, 10 years ago it really wouldn’t have been that impressive."

Mikko

I think it's a reply to this article: http://xato.net/malware/flame-is-kind-of-lame/

(discussed on HN here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4087914)

yeah, can't say that i have either. most of what i've read about it has been somewhat in awe of the complexity of the thing.