We’ll discuss the new revelations about Stuxnet and its development by the both the US and Israel, and the Obama administration’s aggressive enactment of the cyber-attack. Then, we’ll take another look at Syria, as news of another mass execution comes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
Update: Security researchers discover link between Stuxnet and Flame
Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs have found evidence that the development teams behind the Flame and Stuxnet cyberespionage threats collaborated with each other. The Kaspersky researchers determined that Flame, which is believed to have been created in 2008, and a 2009-version of Stuxnet shared one component that served…
Morning Security Brief: No Credible NATO Threats, Testing Emergency Vaccines on Children, U.S. Not Safe from Stuxnet, and More
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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…
Malware Madness: Stuxnet torches Christmas Tree; Melissa surprises
Malware Madness: Stuxnet torches Christmas Tree; Melissa surprises By GCN Staff Mar 13, 2012 We’re only a quarter of the way through the first round, and Malware Madness has had its first upset — albeit a narrow one. In voting by GCN readers asked to choose the greater of two…
Malware Madness: Stuxnet torches Christmas Tree; Melissa surprises
Malware Madness: Stuxnet torches Christmas Tree; Melissa surprises By GCN Staff Mar 13, 2012 We’re only a quarter of the way through the first round, and Malware Madness has had its first upset — albeit a narrow one. In voting by GCN readers asked to choose the greater of two…