There’s a Stuxnet Copycat, and We Have No Idea Where It Came From

There’s a Stuxnet Copycat, and We Have No Idea Where It Came From

After details emerged of Stuxnet, arguably the world’s first digital weapon, there were concerns that other hackers would copy its techniques. Now, researchers have disclosed a piece of industrial control systems (ICS) malware inspired heavily by Stuxnet. Although the copycat malware—dubbed IRONGATE by cybersecurity company FireEye—only works in a simulated environment, it, like Stuxnet, replaces…