Items from security-related news (E100.Jan-2011)



January 16, 2011,
Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay
By WILLIAM J. BROAD, JOHN MARKOFF and DAVID E. SANGER

 


An intricate and carefully directed piece of computer malware caused malfunction and perhaps even damage to centrifuges used in producing nuclear device material in Iran.



January 16, 2011,
Why the Stuxnet worm could be Conficker's cousin
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY  


Was Conficker a precursor to Stuxnet? A Finnish security analyst thinks the software shows similarities.