New Worm Ready to Attack Iran

Posted on | Monday, January 17, 2011 | No Comments

Tel Aviv - Israel reportedly has tested a computer worm is believed to be useful to sabotage Iran's nuclear centers and slowed his ability to develop atomic weapons.
In the report New Yorks Times described this worm as the union between Israel and the U.S. which seeks to weaken Iran's nuclear ambitions. While worms that destroy Stuxnet the past two years at the Dimona complex of Iran, is just the beginning part. 

The newspaper quoted unnamed intelligence and military experts familiar with the Dimona who said Israel had made a computer virus to attack Iran's Natanz, where Iranian scientists who strive to enrich uranium.

"To examine the worms, you need to know the machines. The reason for choosing the worm, because it has proven effective after Israel tried it." said an American expert.
Western leaders suspect Iran's nuclear program is a closed complex to build atomic weapons, but Tehran says is only aimed at generating electricity.
Iran has been disrupted by damage from the rapid expansion of enrichment in 2007 and 2008, and security experts have speculated its nuclear program may have been targeted in attacks that use Stuxnet.
NYT said the worm was the most sophisticated cyber as a weapon that was used and appears to have become the biggest factor in setting back Iran's nuclear.
He added that the attack was clearly not over and that some experts believe that Stuxnet code contains the seeds for a more dangerous version of the previous attack.

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