An Irishman living in the US was the first to decipher the complex nature of Stuxnet, a computer worm that affected Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010. The worm is believed to have been the work of the CIA or Israeli security forces. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo!…
Cyber Attack on The Iranian Oil Ministry’s Computer Network
Cyber Attack on The Iranian Oil Ministry’s Computer Network The Iranian oil ministry’s computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting the Islamic Republic to disconnect the country’s main oil export terminal from the internet as a preventative measure, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday….
Iranian oil industry hit by cyber attack
Iran’s oil industry was the victim of a major cyber attack on Sunday, according to a report published in the Islamic Republic’s state-controlled media. The Iranian Oil Ministry, the National Iranian Oil Company and a number of other companies associated with the Iranian government were targeted by a computer worm,…
Iranian oil industry hit by cyber attack – report
Internet access at key Iranian oil facilities disrupted following attack on computer systems View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms
Stuxnet worm planted on Iranian PCs via USB stick, site claims
The Stuxnet malware was not only designed to disrupt Iran’s nuclear programme it was part of a wider campaign directed from Israel that included the assassination of the country’s nuclear scientists, it has been claimed. The source for the latest explanation of Stuxnet’s mysterious provenance is online title ISS Source,…
Report: Stuxnet delivered to Iranian nuclear plant on thumb drive
(Credit: CBS Interactive) (CNET) An Iranian double agent working for Israel used a standard thumb drive carrying a deadly payload to infect Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility with the highly destructive Stuxnet computer worm, according to a story by ISSSource. Stuxnet quickly propagated throughout Natanz — knocking that facility offline and…
CNET: Stuxnet delivered to Iranian nuke plant on thumb drive
(Credit: CBS Interactive) An Iranian double agent working for Israel used a standard thumb drive carrying a deadly payload to infect Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility with the highly destructive Stuxnet computer worm, according to a story by ISSSource. Stuxnet quickly propagated throughout Natanz — knocking that facility offline and at…
Stuxnet delivered to Iranian nuclear plant on thumb drive
A story in ISSSource says that Iranian double agents used an infected memory stick to hit the facility with the worm that severely damaged Iran's nuclear program. Originally posted at Geek Gestalt View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security…
Stuxnet worm reportedly planted by Iranian double agent using memory stick
The Stuxnet computer worm used to sabotage Iran's nuclear program was planted by a double agent working for Israel. The agent used a booby-trapped memory stick to infect machines deep inside the Natanz nuclear facility, according to a report published on Wednesday. Once the memory stick was infected, Stuxnet was…
Iranian rights lawyer jailed for 18 years for spreading anti-govt propaganda
Tehran, Mar 5: A Tehran court has reportedly sentenced a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer to 18 years in prison for spreading anti-government propaganda, endangering national security and accepting an illegal German human rights prize in 2009. Abdolfattah Soltani was also banned from practising his profession for 20 years…