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Iran says it has neutralized Stuxnet-like Duqu malware

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

NOVEMBER 13, 2011 18:26

Iran on Sunday claimed that it had found a way to successfully neutralize Duqu computer malware, which is similar to the Stuxnet virus, AFP reported on Sunday.

Stuxnet is believed to have crippled centrifuges that Iran uses to enrich uranium for what the United States and some European nations have charged is a covert nuclear weapons program. The New York Times reported in January that the US and Israel created Stuxnet in order to hinder Iran's nuclear program.

"The elimination [of Duqu] was carried out and the organizations penetrated by the virus are under control," Iran's head of civil defense, Brig.-Gen. Gholamreza Jalali told the official IRNA news agency, according to AFP.

Security software firm Symantec said in a report last month that it was alerted by a research lab with international connections to a malicious code that "appeared to be very similar to Stuxnet." It was named Duqu because it creates files with "DQ" in the prefix. Security firms including Dell Inc's SecureWorks, Intel Corp's McAfee, Kaspersky Lab and Symantec say they found Duqu victims in Europe, Iran, Sudan and the United States.

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