Symantec Corp., the world’s largest maker of computer-security software, said in a Nov. 12 study that the so-called worm, Stuxnet, may have been created to sabotage Iran’s nuclear installations. To contact the reporter on this story …
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The head of a U.S. agency that helps respond to cyber attacks resigned suddenly after several high-profile attacks on government computer systems but the Department of Homeland Security declined Monday to comment on the reason. Randy Vickers resigned as …
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Jim Wolf / Reuters:
U.S. code-cracking agency works as if compromised — (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s main code-making and code-cracking agency now works on the assumption that foes may have pierced even the most sensitive national security computer networks under its guard.
The virus does not spread through the Internet but requires a USB drive to be physically plugged into the computer, allowing it to attack machines that are disconnected from the Internet, usually in an effort to protect them. That requires human access to …
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