Pre-Stuxnet Sabotage Malware ‘Fast16’ Linked to US-Iran Cyber Tensions

Multiple high-impact incidents and patch disclosures: researchers linked pre-Stuxnet sabotage malware “Fast16” to US–Iran cyber tensions—Fast16 targets high-precision calculation software and can self-propagate. A US federal agency’s Cisco firewall was found infected with a persistent “Firestarter” backdoor providing remote access and post-patch persistence. CrowdStrike patched a critical LogScale vulnerability and Tenable fixed a high-severity Nessus flaw, while a Bitwarden NPM package was compromised in a supply-chain attack tied to a Checkmarx incident claimed by TeamPCP (references to the