US security firm Symantec has warned of a new computer virus similar to the malicious Stuxnet worm believed to have preyed on Iran's nuclear program.

The star of the show in October was undoubtedly the Duqu Trojan. Its numerous similarities to the first major cyber weapon, the Stuxnet worm, heightened interest in this newly-discovered malware. The ...

[It] appears to have been written by the authors of Stuxnet, or at least by someone who has access to Stuxnet source code. … Duqu’s purpose is to steal data from manufactures of industrial ...