The Register: Amystery worm that burrowed into US military computers to steal secrets six years ago may have inspired the development of subsequent government-grade malwareRed October, Turla, Flame and Gauss.
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab reached this conclusion after finding similarities between Agent.btz – the worm that attacked in 2008 – and Turla, a powerful computer espionage tool that was only discovered last month.