US, Israel Used Dutch Spy to Launch Stuxnet Malware Against Iran

Report says US and Israel spent $1 billion to develop the infamous Stuxnet virus, built to sabotage Iran's nuclear program in 2008. [TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( January 09, 2024 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [US, Israel Used Dutch Spy to Launch Stuxnet Malware Against Iran]( Report says US and Israel spent $1 billion to develop the infamous Stuxnet virus, built to sabotage Iran's nuclear program in 2008. [Cacti Monitoring Tool Spiked by Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability]( Attackers can exploit the issue to access all data in Cacti database; and, it enables RCE when chained with a previous vulnerability. [Turkish APT 'Sea Turtle' Resurfaces to Spy on Kurdish Opposition]( An old state-aligned threat actor is back on the radar, thanks to recent EMEA espionage campaigns against a minority ethnic group. 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