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Source: http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE7BR1EV20111228?sp=true
Researchers: Stuxnet Weapon Has at Least 4 Cousins
(Reuters) Jim Finkle - The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab. Stuxnet has already been linked to the Duqu data-stealing trojan, but Kaspersky's research found that shared components of the two viruses search for at least three other unique registry keys, which suggests that the developers of Stuxnet and Duqu also built at least three other pieces of malware. Security experts widely believe that the U.S. and Israel were behind Stuxnet.