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Security researcher says Iran to blame for its own Duqu infections
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:08:18 -0600 (CST)
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221802/Security_researcher_says_Iran_to_blame_for_its_own_Duqu_infections By Gregg Keizer Computerworld November 14, 2011An Iranian government official yesterday acknowledged that the Duqu attacks had infected computers in the country but claimed that the Trojan was "under control," according to a report by a state-run news agency.
In response, an antivirus researcher blamed Iran for giving hackers a half-year's free hand with Duqu, saying that Iran's policy of not sharing samples delayed the detection of the malware and the patching of the Windows zero-day it exploited.
On Sunday, Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali told the official IRNA news agency that some computers in Iran had been infected with Duqu, that possible targets were being checked for infections, and that the country's specialists had crafted defenses against the Trojan.
Jalali heads Iran's Passive Defense Organization, a military unit responsible for constructing and defending the country's nuclear enrichment facilities. He is a former commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
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