Financial malware 'related to Stuxnet' uncovered by Kaspersky Labs

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Stealth-spread Trojan launched in September targets Lebanese banks - and PayPal

A new virus potentially from the same group that developed Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame has been uncovered by anti-virus software vendor Kaspersky Labs. Called 'Gauss', the malware 'spies' on financi...

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