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magictom
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 Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject: Hacking chapter 22: Industrial strength |
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"An exceptionally sophisticated piece of malware designed to attack programs used in critical infrastructure and other facilities garnered extensive attention among computer security experts this week as new details about its design and capabilities emerge, along with speculation it was aimed at disrupting Iran’s nuclear program."
“It’s the most complex piece of malware we’ve seen in the last five years or more,” says Nicolas Falliere, a code analyst at security firm Symantec."
Read here:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/stuxnet/ |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:11 am Post subject: Re: Hacking chapter 22: Industrial strength |
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| magictom wrote: | "An exceptionally sophisticated piece of malware .....along with speculation it was aimed at disrupting Iran’s nuclear program."
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In this case, I hope it works! 
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magictom
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, it's an amazing piece of work ... just imagine somebody puts it on your car LOL |
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CPUShack
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:29 am Post subject: |
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| magictom wrote: | | Yeah, it's an amazing piece of work ... just imagine somebody puts it on your car LOL |
Several universities have done so, they wee able to remotely disable brakes etc by hacking the wireless sensors in cars. They were also able to delete various information from the EDRs so there would be no record of what happened.
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magictom
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| Yeh, and if this bug find its way on your computer, it'll start singing "(I can't get no) Satisfaction" from the Stones and dance to it LOL |
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magictom
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I saw that also.
Interestingly, somebody pointed out that something probably went wrong - the REAL successful worms and the damage they do will never be known! |
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