New cyberweapon ‘Duqu’ threatens vital infrastructure

Computer security researchers are warning that a new version of the sophisticated cyberweapon that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear program could be the precursor to a new wave of cyberattacks.

The new weapon, dubbed Duqu, appears to use portions of the original source code from the Stuxnet worm that attacked computers at the Iranian nuclear plant at Natanz in 2009 and 2010.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/24/new-cyberweapon-threatens-vital-infastructure/?page=all#pagebreak

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