CNET: Stuxnet delivered to Iranian nuke plant on thumb drive

(Credit: CBS Interactive) An Iranian double agent working for Israel used a standard thumb drive carrying a deadly payload to infect Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility with the highly destructive Stuxnet computer worm, according to a story by ISSSource. Stuxnet quickly propagated throughout Natanz — knocking that facility offline and at least temporarily crippling Iran’s nuclear […]

Did PC worm help sabotage Iran nuke program?

A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the Stuxnet computer virus that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 to Conficker, a mysterious “worm” that surfaced in late 2008 and infected millions of PCs. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms

Did Conficker help sabotage Iran’s nuke program?

BANGALORE, INDIA: A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the Stuxnet computer virus that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 to Conficker, a mysterious “worm” that surfaced in late 2008 and infected millions of PCs. Conficker was used to open back doors into computers in Iran, then infect them with Stuxnet, according to research […]

Insight: Did Conficker help sabotage Iran’s nuke program?

(Reuters) – A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the Stuxnet computer virus that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 to Conficker, a mysterious “worm” that surfaced in late 2008 and infected millions of PCs. Conficker was used to open back doors into computers in Iran, then infect them with Stuxnet, according to research […]

Insight: Did Conficker worm help sabotage Iran’s nuke program?

(Reuters) – A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the Stuxnet computer virus that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 to Conficker, a mysterious “worm” that surfaced in late 2008 and infected millions of PCs. Conficker was used to open back doors into computers in Iran, then infect them with Stuxnet, according to research […]

Computer Virus Sabotages Iran Nuke Facility

Last year, a cyber attack targeted Tehran’s nuclear program. Atika Shubert explains how a highly-specialized computer worm took down some of Iran’s centrifuges. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms