An alleged uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, Iran. Symantec have discovered a 'missing link' 2005 version of a computer virus 'Stuxnet 0.05' believed to be used the US and Israel against Iran's nuclear programme. Photograph: Digital Globe/Reuters
Stuxnet Worm Targeting Iran In Works As Early As 2005, Symantec Finds -- Washington Post
The secret cyber-sabotage campaign aimed at Iran’s nuclear program may have been in existence as early as 2005 and may have been capable of inflicting more damage than previously known, according to a security firm’s analysis released Tuesday.
The findings, by the security company Symantec, were announced after the discovery of an earlier variant of Stuxnet, as researchers have dubbed the worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel.
The variant, which they have called Stuxnet 0.5, was being developed as early as 2005, five years before the discovery of the now-famous version of the worm.
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More News On Recent Reports That The Stuxnet Worm Targeting Iran Was Used 2 Years Earlier Than Originally Thought
Stuxnet Missing Link Found, Resolves Some Mysteries Around the Cyberweapon -- Threat Level
Researchers say Stuxnet was deployed against Iran in 2007 -- Reuters
Stuxnet nuclear sabotage malware's evolution revealed -- CBC
Stuxnet Had Earlier, Potentially Explosive Version, Symantec Says -- Bloomberg
Cyber Superweapon Stuxnet Even Older Than Thought: Researchers -- ABC News
Symantec discovers 2005 US computer virus attack on Iran nuclear plants -- The Guardian
New Stuxnet whodunit: Malware existed two years earlier than anyone knew -- CNet
New evidence shows Stuxnet used since at least 2007 -- Computerworld
Stuxnet is way older than we thought -- Killer Apps/Foreign Policy
Revealed: Stuxnet “beta’s” devious alternate attack on Iran nuke program -- Ars Technica
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