Symantec says it has discovered a previously unknown variant of the Stuxnet worm used to target Iranian nuclear facilities. Stuxnet 0.5 is the oldest known variant of the software, thought to have been in development starting in 2005 and in the wild by 2007. The next known version of Stuxnet, Version 1.001, is from 2009, and the program was discovered in 2010. Like later versions, it was designed to attack Siemens industrial systems, particularly those at Iranian nuclear facilities, hijacking systems and carrying out predetermined tasks. Instead of directly targeting facilities' centrifuges by changing their speed, however, it focused on a different strategy: closing the valves responsible for feeding uranium hexafluoride gas,...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/26/4032680/newly-discovered-stuxnet-variant-sheds-light-on-virus-development
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