It's a new age, and a new way to fight.
The new program, discovered by Symantec in mid-October with the help of an unnamed research lab, uses much of the same code as the 2010 Stuxnet virus did. But instead of destroying the systems it infects, Duqu secretly penetrates them and, according to some experts, creates "back door" vulnerabilities that can be exploited to destroy the networks at any time its creators may choose.
Its success set back the Iranian nuclear program for years.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/14/iran-admits-nuclear-sites-hit-by-duqu-cyberweapon/
Duqu is the second major weaponized virus to turn computers into lethal weapons with devastating destructive power.
The new program, discovered by Symantec in mid-October with the help of an unnamed research lab, uses much of the same code as the 2010 Stuxnet virus did. But instead of destroying the systems it infects, Duqu secretly penetrates them and, according to some experts, creates "back door" vulnerabilities that can be exploited to destroy the networks at any time its creators may choose.
Its success set back the Iranian nuclear program for years.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/14/iran-admits-nuclear-sites-hit-by-duqu-cyberweapon/
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