Researchers: 'Precursor' To Son Of Stuxnet Spotted In The Wild

It was only a matter of time: What might be the first stage of the next Stuxnet attack has been spotted in the wild — and there are multiple versions of the second-generation malware in circulation, including ones that target industrial-control system vendors and certificate authorities (CAs). Researchers at Symantec say newly discovered malware, dubbed “Duqu,” shares much of the code from Stuxnet and shows that the authors had access to the source code of Stuxnet. That suggests the malware might have been developed by the same attackers who devised Stuxnet.

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