The Stuxnet computer worm that was used to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program was likely preceded by another sophisticated malware program that used some of the same exploits and spread through USB ...

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Clarke has seen the future of war and says it will be fought by hackers. Khue Bui The story Richard Clarke spins has all the suspense of a postmodern geopolitical thriller. The tale involves a ghostly ...

LONDON (AP) — The sophisticated cyberweapon which targeted an Iranian nuclear plant is older than previously believed, an anti-virus company said Tuesday, peeling back another layer of mystery on a ...

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Three years after the Stuxnet computer worm first became known, its threat is still being evaluated — but what's clear is that it has raised the stakes in the worldwide race to create cyber weapons.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First there was the Stuxnet computer virus that wreaked havoc on Iran's nuclear program. Now comes "Duqu," which researchers on Tuesday said appears to be quite similar.

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country's nuclear machinery, European and U.S. officials and private ...

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Cyberespionage is coming of age but the problem with weapons like Stuxnet is that they will be used against us The world of malware has, over the last couple of decades, morphed to become not just a ...

Last year, news broke that a virus sabotaged the Iranian uranium enrichment program. It seemed all too convenient at the time -- and as it turned out, the virus, Stuxnet, was actually engineered by ...