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Authorities Seize Duqu's C&C Servers In Mumbai
wiredmikey writes "In Mumbai, Indian authorities seized components from servers in a data center after Symantec informed them that they were communicating with the command and control infrastructure used by Duqu, the Trojan that is touted as the precursor to the next Stuxnet. According to a report from Reuters, officials the Department of Information Technology in India seized hard drives and other components from a server hosted in a Mumbai data center. Security vendors and government labs are worried that malware such as Duqu and Stuxnet are the building blocks needed in order for attackers to target critical infrastructure. Based on the initial analysis of Duqu, many researchers warned that it was the second generation development of Stuxnet, but this is still the subject of much debate, with some experts now saying that the connection between the two malicious programs is questionable."
Honestly, unless I see it spelled out in the title or whatever... whenever I see "C&C" I simply think of the ol' Command & Conquer game.
So they grabbed the drive/system, rather than watching and find out who is controlling it and then grab them. And ppl wonder why there are so many crackers out there.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
I'm kind of surprised that cutting edge malware depends on a central server for command and control. What about P2P? Or steganographic embedding of commands in forum posts or images? It seems like a robust and deniable control system would be one of the first things you implement in malware like this.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Don't give them ideas.
or is the government just letting it thrive. I cannot imagine that software could be so self aware that upon being aware of its presence competent people cannot figure out a way to stop it once and for all or at least secure vulnerable systems from it.
... this wouldn't be an issue. And make sure workers can't plug in USB sticks or DVD/CD-ROMS. Really , I do wonder whether people running IT in critical industries have all had a collective lobotomy.
Fuckin' racist knuckle-dragger. Please stop fucking your mom, she's getting tired of it.
Racist? perhaps you'd like to explain the difference in race between Indians and Pakis to me, or are you to busy fucking your mom?
I'm not fucking my mom, I'm fucking your mom. That's how I know she's sick of your syphilitic sore covered dick. Which is why I only fuck her in the ass with 5 rubbers on. And stop pretending you don't know the term you used is racist, you dumb fuck.
I thought you'd not be able to answer the question. I'm not surprised you're fucking my mom, she's been dead for ten years.
The term you used is considered (extremely strong) racial abuse in the UK and some other parts of Europe - basically equal in strength to a certain word beginning with "n". I believe it lacks that association in the US and is used as a simple abbreviation - but given this is a site with an international readership, it's best avoided. It will get a powerful reaction, as you've seen.
Linguistic minefields like this exist in both directions - some terms considered mild in the UK would be fighting talk in the US and vice-versa.
Then proprietary Command and Conquer servers wouldn't have to be the only option for playing the game.
Meh, I stopped playing Command & Conquer years ago.
Linguistic minefields like this exist in both directions - some terms considered mild in the UK would be fighting talk in the US and vice-versa.
Blimey!
People I went to middle school with... is that you?
Duqu was cut off at the head.
*sunglasses*
YEEAHHH!!!
...as Command and Conquer servers? I was about to throw a fit, wondering why some online gaming group's game servers were nabbed!
All the more reason to not announce it and follow it back to where it came from. There is an international community on this. We need to trace this ALL the way back.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
1) Its called encryption
2) Its called a subject line, not the 1st half of your sentence.
Don't worry about the Paki who is posting abuse here. You carry on commenting. Just because those pathetic creatures find some word offensive, doesn't mean the rest of the world has to pander to their insecurities and whines. Hell, these Pakis go around literally looking for ways to get offended.
Now now, everyone knows brothers shouldn't fight. Especially when it comes to fucking their mother in public restrooms.
The weight attached to words depends heavily on history and context. In the UK, and a few other European nations with similar demographic histories, that word is one that has picked up a lot of baggage. It's associated with skinhead thugs smashing windows and other such unpleasantness.
Just as the "n" word I mentioned has unsavoury connotations in the US, particularly in the southern States, so too this is a word you should never use in polite company. I admit it's a bit odd... nobody has ever found... say... "Afghan" to be an obscenity. But unfortunately, it's an abbreviation that's picked up a lot of unfortunate politics and history.
"Jap" is probably offensive because, when it came into common usage during WW2, it was meant to be offensive (understandable in the context of the times). "Yank" can be offensive in some circumstances - when I hear it at a London dinner party, I often hear a deep anti-American undertone to it that genuinely nasty. But at the same time, many Americans have adopted the term themselves, which robs it of a lot of its power. We Brits have a similar relationship with the term "Limey". Australians and others use it as a term of abuse (though often in jest) - but for us, it's a nice reminder that we were smart enough to work out how to avoid scurvy at sea.
As I say, history and context are everything.