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Stuxnet weapon has at least 4 cousins: researchers
Dec 29th, 2011
(Reuters) - The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab. Security experts widely believe that the United States and Israel were behind Stuxnet, though the two nations have officially declined to comment on the matter. A Pentagon spokesman on Wednesday declined comment on Kaspersky's research, which did not address who was behind Stuxnet. ... (Source: Reuters) -
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that Pyongyang was testing. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - A wave of attacks killed at least 95 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 240 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a zero-day code-execution exploit for Internet Explorer 8 that's currently being used in a series of watering-hole attacks. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
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