Hey guys, TERRORIST WATCH-LIST is well and alive, more names of individuals who pose a threat to the United States are entering that list. Currently, STUXNET WATCH-LIST has been created. Very interesting!
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| Worms just keep burrowing, non-stop |
Below is excerpt of the news on Stuxnet written by Lee and Kirit, retrieved from ABC News website;
“Researchers say they have uncovered "proof" linking the authors of the Flame cyber espionage program to Stuxnet, the most powerful offensive cyber weapon ever developed -- both of which are believed to have targeted Iran. Analysts at the Russia-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Labs, which was the first to uncover Flame and had previously analyzed Stuxnet, wrote in a blog post today that they had found the "missing link" between Flame and Stuxnet: a specific piece of code that appears to have been used in both programs. Flame, a highly advanced "toolkit" of cyber espionage programs capable of watching virtually everything on an infected computer, was discovered last month on computers in the Middle East and Iran and had apparently been spying on those systems for years. Stuxnet, an offensive cyber weapon designed to physically alter its intended target, was discovered in 2010 after it reportedly infiltrated and managed to damage an Iranian nuclear enrichment facility -- an unprecedented feat.”
Flame (a powerful virus) now linked with Stuxnet and researchers are still speculating that Israel and U.S. may be involved in the spread of both viruses--research on-going though and most importantly, China, Russia, U.S, Israel, France and UK have been put on a short list of countries suspected to have carried out these virus attacks on Iran.
Interesting! Well, maybe someday the real culprit nation will be unveiled. Guys let’s wait for the investigating-researchers J carrying out forensics in their lab through evidence collected, to get to the origin of the virus.
Do you think the origin of these viruses will ever be disclosed? Let me know your thoughts.
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