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First Victims of the Stuxnet Worm Revealed
An anonymous reader writes: Analyzing more than 2,000 Stuxnet files collected over a two-year period, Kaspersky Lab can identify the first victims of the Stuxnet worm. Initially security researchers had no doubt that the whole attack had a targeted nature. The code of the Stuxnet worm looked professional and exclusive; there was evidence that extremely expensive zero-day vulnerabilities were used. However, it wasn't yet known what kind of organizations were attacked first and how the malware ultimately made it right through to the uranium enrichment centrifuges in the particular top secret facilities. Kaspersky Lab analysis sheds light on these questions.
You can always count on Bob to open any email he sees that has "Miley Cyrus" in the subject line. Had to clean out is system three times this month. Damn you, Bob. This is all your fault.
Why is it surprising that itneventually co-opted uranium enrichment facilities? Wasn't it developed for such a purpose?
First article: First victims of the Stuxnet worm revealed
Second article: Stuxnet: Zero Victims
To bad their was not a big boom in Iran!!
It took us a long time to establish what organization it really was, but ultimately we succeeded in identifying it with a high degree of certainty. It is called Foolad Technic Engineering Co (FIECO). It is an Iranian company with headquarters in Isfahan. The company creates automated systems for Iranian industrial facilities (mostly those producing steel and power) and has over 300 employees. The company is directly involved with industrial control systems.
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I just love all the sensationalism and all, but this isn't reporting, its clickbating.
I think i lost interest in anything this article says when I read " extremely expensive zero-day vulnerabilities".
There are those who are spies and paid well to do their work.
No matter which "side" you are on, you have to admire how well it worked; doing exactly what it was designed to for quite a while before being discovered. I'd put it on a level with the legendary DirectTV "Black Sunday" program.
You can always count on Omar to open any email he sees that has "Miley Cyrus" in the subject line. He has a a weakness for women that do not wear a veil, as well as women that only wear a veil ... as underwear. Had to clean out is system three times this month. Damn you, Omar. This is all your fault.
FTFY
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
Like you, I found the investigation to be interesting. I have read a lot previously on this infection and the virus itself since it was very unique (kernel can load and unload modules on the fly, polymorphic and encrypted traffic), etc.. This just make it even more interesting in my opinion.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
@AC: "Microsoft Windows users. No surprise there."
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No, no, no, Kaspersky says it's a computer worm, fifteen times
I would have thought it's the Operating System that gets infected
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