Duqu Trojan a precursor to next Stuxnet, Symantec warns

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220969/Duqu_Trojan_a_precursor_to_next_Stuxnet_Symantec_warns

By Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
October 18, 2011

Security vendor Symantec is warning of a new malware threat that it says 
could be a precursor to the next Stuxnet.

The new threat, dubbed W32.Duqu, is a remote access Trojan (RAT) that 
appears to have been written by the authors of Stuxnet, or at least by 
someone who has access to Stuxnet source code, Symantec said in a report 
released today.

"We have confirmed Duqu is a threat nearly identical to Stuxnet, but 
with a completely different purpose," Symantec said.

Duqu's purpose is to steal data from manufactures of industrial control 
systems that can then be used to craft attacks against entities using 
such systems, Symantec warned.

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