Duqu Server Shut Down In India

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1. Indian authorities have seized hard drives from a server linked with the Duqu worm Indian authorities have seized equipment from a data centre in Mumbai as part of the global investigation into the Duqu worm, which first appeared earlier this month. Symantec researchers who discovered the malware said that its current primary purpose appeared to be to gather intelligence from industrial control systems and had no clear targets. Important clues According to Symantec, Duqu only creates a backdoor on infected systems and connects to a command and control server somewhere in India before self-destructing after 36 days. (Read Full Article)

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