Warning virus similar to Stuxnet 'computer worm'

On October 18, Symantec, a US network security services provider, warned of a dangerous new computer virus no less than Stuxnet's "computer worm." The virus is thought to be coordinated by the US and Israel. developed to undermine Iran's efforts to build an atomic bomb.

Symantec's announcement came after last week, the company's experts were warned by a global affiliate laboratory about a malicious code that is almost identical to Stuxnet.

Symantec said the new virus was named Duqu because it created files (files) with names beginning with the " DQ " symbol, created to collect confidential documents about property information as well as data set. infiltrate the control system of production lines . of organizations, businesses or network management companies to pave the way for future network attacks.

According to Symantec experts, it is possible that Duqu and Stuxnet 's "father" is one (or those who know how to open Stuxnet's source code), and the new virus was born after Stuxnet 's "brother" was exposed.

There is a lot of skepticism that the US and Israel's Mossad Intelligence Agency have used the Stuxnet virus to attack Iran's nuclear programs. Israel is also thought to be the culprit behind Stuxnet's attack on computers in Iran while Tehran criticizes Tel Aviv and Washington for killing two of its nuclear scientists in November 2010 and January 2011.

Stuxnet "computer worms" have two main tasks, one to attack to lose control of Iran's nuclear centrifuges and the other to secretly record activities in nuclear power plants. The Stuxnet target control system was built by Siemens (Germany).

Stuxnet computer virus has invaded about 30,000 Iranian subscriber addresses, including some personal computers of Bushehr nuclear power plant employees.

This is a self-mutating virus, used to gather information and reprogram industrial computer systems, specifically to attack industrial process control and monitoring SCADA systems.