"“It is possible that its authors used an in-house framework to generate intermediary C code, or they used another completely different programming language,” Soumenkov explained.
For reference, Stuxnet was written entirely in Microsoft Visual C++.
The Kaspersky researchers say certain “slices” of code in the Payload DLL may have been initially compiled in separate object files before being linked in a single DLL, but the slice in question is different. “This slice is different from others, because it was not compiled from C++ sources. It contains no references to any standard or user-written C++ functions.”
But there a few things the researchers do know about the mystery code: It’s object-oriented and event driven, and performs its own set of related activities ideal for network applications.
The highly event driven architecture points to code which was designed to be used in variety of conditions, including asynchronous commutations."
http://www.securityweek.com/kaspersky-lab-duqu-framework-lik...
"“It is possible that its authors used an in-house framework to generate intermediary C code, or they used another completely different programming language,” Soumenkov explained.
For reference, Stuxnet was written entirely in Microsoft Visual C++.
The Kaspersky researchers say certain “slices” of code in the Payload DLL may have been initially compiled in separate object files before being linked in a single DLL, but the slice in question is different. “This slice is different from others, because it was not compiled from C++ sources. It contains no references to any standard or user-written C++ functions.”
But there a few things the researchers do know about the mystery code: It’s object-oriented and event driven, and performs its own set of related activities ideal for network applications.
The highly event driven architecture points to code which was designed to be used in variety of conditions, including asynchronous commutations."
For the reference, New York Times, June 2012:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/world/middleeast/obama-ord...
"Eventually the beacon would have to “phone home” — literally send a message back to the headquarters of the National Security Agency"