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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 ...

The security firm Symantec said Stuxnet, which until now was thought to have been developed in 2009, is older than previously reported. An analysis of the code used in the malware reveals it "was in ...

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.

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 ...

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.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency says there has been another cyberattack by the sophisticated computer worm Stuxnet, this time on the industries in the country’s south. Tuesday ...

(Reuters) - Two leading computer security firms have linked some of the software code in the powerful Flame virus to the Stuxnet cyber weapon, which was widely believed to have been used by the United ...

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 ...

Remember Stuxnet? The internet virus attacking Iranian industrial facilities that we heard about in the fall of 2010? In the months since Stuxnet came to light, Symantec, a security firm, has been ...