Tuesday, December 18, 2012

More Cyber Attacks Directed At Iran?

Hard Drive Destruction -- Washington Free Beacon

New computer virus wiping Iranian hard drives

A mysterious new computer virus has infected Iranian computers and is completely wiping users’ hard drives, according to Iranian officials.

The “efficient” virus is said to “wipe files on different drives in various predefined times” and cannot be detected by anti-virus software, Iran’s official Information Technology Organization revealed in a statement over the weekend.

The malware does not appear to be as sophisticated as previous viruses that have targeted computers governing Iran’s nuclear program, according to the statement.

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My Comment: This computer virus appears to be very nasty.

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