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Could 'Super Malware' Destroy Iran's Nukes?

'Stuxnet' can search and destroy real-world targets

By Emily Rauhala,  Newser User

Posted Sep 22, 2010 9:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – It sounds like something from an awfully imaginative spy flick: A virus that can mysteriously search out and destroy real-world, bricks-and-mortar targets. But it's real, say security researchers. They've identified just such a program, called Stuxnet, and at least one expert thinks it may have...   Read full story »

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