Duqu
Collection of computer malware discovered in 2011 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the version of malware announced in 2015, see Duqu 2.0.
Duqu is a collection of computer malware discovered on 1 September 2011, thought by Kaspersky Labs to be related to the Stuxnet worm[1] and to have been created by Unit 8200.[2][better source needed] Duqu has exploited Microsoft Windows's zero-day vulnerability. The Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS Lab)[3] of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Hungary discovered the threat, analysed the malware, and wrote a 60-page report[4] naming the threat Duqu.[5] Duqu got its name from the prefix "~DQ" it gives to the names of files it creates.[6]