Source: Damon Poeter, PCMag
Iranian computers are again being targeted by a computer virus in what the country’s commander of civil defense described Monday as a “cyber war,” according to Reuters.
“Fortunately, our young experts have been able to discover this virus and the Stars virus is now in the laboratory for more investigations,” Gholamreza Jalali was quoted as saying. The civil defense commander did not detail the targets of the attack.
“The particular characteristics of the Stars virus have been discovered,” Jalali said. “The virus is congruous and harmonious with the [computer] system and in the initial phase it does minor damage and might be mistaken for some executive files of government organizations.”