Researchers say Flame came first and has direct ties to Stuxnet, the targeted attack reportedly launched by the U.S. and Israel against an Iranian nuclear facility. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab today shared new findings that uncover the first true link between the two targeted malware families — shared source code. This conclusion represents an about-face for the antivirus firm, which had believed the two malware families were separate, parallel projects with no shared code. Researchers: Flame appears to have been used as a precursor cyberespionage attack to Stauxnet.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/-conclusive-link-found-between-stuxnet-and-flame