Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

A batch of WIRED security stories highlights a surge in both sophisticated nation‑state tools and AI‑enabled criminal tactics. Researchers decrypted Fast16, a 2005 sabotage malware likely used against Iran that predates Stuxnet, while separate reporting shows AI helping North Korean groups automate theft and deception. The AI arms race also affects defenders: Mozilla used Anthropic’s Mythos to find hundreds of Firefox bugs and OpenAI released a cybersecurity‑focused model, but concerns remain as new consumer apps and platforms (EU age‑verification, Telegram marketplaces, push notifications, AR