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FBI Launches Investigation Into “Here you have” Worm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently launched an investigation into the “Here you have” worm that disrupted commercial and US government email services and clogged Internet traffic flow for hours. FBI agents have spoken with an employee of the IDG News Service who allegedly has been in contact with “Iraqi Resistance,” the person who [...]

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Stuxnet Built to Attack Iran’s Nukes?

Network World on Security by Robert McMillan Ralph Langner, a well-respected expert on industrial systems security, published an analysis of the Stuxnet worm, which targets Siemens software systems, and suggested that it may have been used to sabotage Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor. A Siemens expert, Langner simulated a Siemens industrial network and then analyzed the [...]

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