Stuxnet

Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers

A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation. The malware, discovered by Russia-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, is an espionage toolkit that has been infecting targeted systems in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, the…

Privacy & Security Kim Zetter - Wired May 28

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

Iran may or may not be decoding American drone data right now, but one thing’s for sure: someone cyber-punched the crap out of its oil infrastructure. Internet war! https://gizmodo.com/iran-cracks-us-stealth-spy-drones-secrets-shows-proof-5904255 The BBC reports that 90% of the country’s oil export network is now out of commission: The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 23

There’s a New Version of the Stuxnet-esque Duqu Trojan Floating Around and Nobody Knows What It Does

A newly surfaced version of the Duqu trojan indicates that the authors of one of the most sophisticated computer worms in recent memory are aggressively trying to figure out how to attack their next target. Researchers at Symantec have analyzed the mysterious new file, W32.Duqu, which is one of the components of the of the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 23

Duqu Framework’s Mystery Language Identified as Custom C

When Kaspersky Labs revealed its analysis of the Duqu Trojan earlier this month they were stumped by a block of code that appeared to be a previously unseen programming language. With the help of the Internet, Kaspersky’s identified the code, not as a new computer language, but rather, an old one. https://gizmodo.com/whoever-wrote-the-duqu-trojans-framework-wrote-it-in-an-5891789 The block of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 19

Whoever Wrote the Duqu Trojan’s Framework Wrote It in an Unknown Programming Language

The Duqu Trojan is one nasty piece of code, rivaled in sophistication only by its relative, the Stuxnet Worm. A new analysis of the Trojan, however, has revealed just how advanced it really is. Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab performed the analysis and discovered that portions of the the suspiciously-named Payload DLL file were written…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 8

Did the U.S. Create the Conficker Virus to Wipe Out Iran’s Nukes?

The Conficker worm was one of the more intriguing and potentially destructive pieces of malware in the past decade. Earlier reports have suggested that Stuxnet was created by the U.S. and Israeli governments, and now Reuters has a source telling them Conficker was also used to negate Iran’s nuclear program. John Bumgarner, a retired Army…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 5

America’s Iran-Busting Cyber Bomb Was So Good It Looked Like an Alien Weapon

Despite no official confirmation by the Pentagon, it’s a very safe assumption that the US created the Stuxnet worm (with Israel’s help) to take Iran’s nuclear reactors offline. But when it was first discovered, it seemed too sophisticated for Earthlings. https://gizmodo.com/israels-dimona-nuclear-facility-splits-time-as-cyberwea-5734934 NPR spoke with German security expert Ralph Langner, who was the first in the…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 26

Even Prisons Can Be Hacked Now

Vulnerabilities in electronic systems that control prison doors could allow hackers or others to spring prisoners from their jail cells, according to researchers. Some of the same vulnerabilities that the Stuxnet superworm used to sabotage centrifuges at a nuclear plant in Iran exist in the country’s top high-security prisons, according to security consultant and engineer…

Tech News Kim Zetter - Wired Jul 31

Stuxnet Deconstructed Shows One Scary Virus

Ready to shake in your shoes? This video breaking down how Stuxnet works and where it could go next is flat out frightening. (And if this wasn’t a government program, I’ll eat a centrifuge.)

Tech News Mat Honan Jun 16

Take a Peek at the U.S.’s Official Non-Denial Denial About the Stuxnet Virus

Remember Stuxnet? Iran sure does—it nearly crippled their hazily-defined nuclear program. U.S. involvement was always rumored, but never confirmed. That’s still the case, even after Dep. Defense Sec. William Lynn’s non-denial this week, but, I mean, come on. [BB] https://gizmodo.com/israels-dimona-nuclear-facility-splits-time-as-cyberwea-5734934

Tech News Jack Loftus May 29

Iran Claims It’s Being Targeted By a Second Cyber Attack

Gholam-Reza Jalali, Iran’s Commander of Civil Defense, claims that a new computer virus code-named “Stars” is attempting to compromise Iranian systems. It is currently unknown what the new worm is targeting—nuclear facilities or other computer networks—and who is responsible but Jalali acknowledged that “the virus is congruous and harmonious with the (computer) system and in…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 25

Duck! Security Experts Warn of Stuxnet “Boomerang Effect”

To many in the intelligence community (especially those who purportedly created it), the Stuxnet worm was a wildly successful cyberattack. But it was also a major failure on at least two fronts—fronts that could come back to haunt us. Cyberfail The first of these failures, as outlined in a report from ABC News, is that…

Privacy & Security Jack Loftus Jan 30

Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Facility Splits Time as Cyberweapon Testing Ground

Stuxnet, the complex computer worm that nearly crippled Iran’s still-functioning nuclear program, didn’t just sprout from the ether. It was created, by Man, and was probably tested in Israel at the massive (and oft-unacknowledged) Dimona nuclear facility. Previously, Dimona was the center of Israel’s super secret nuclear arms program. Located in the Negev desert, it…

Privacy & Security Jack Loftus Jan 16

The Dogs of Cyber War Visualized

“Cyber warfare” sounds like something out of a bad 90s movie. But it’s real, and it’s scary. Here’s exactly which governments are attacking whose technology infrastructure, when they did it, and how (click to biggie-size). https://gizmodo.com/chinas-internet-hijacking-uncovered-5692217 Of course, even the most high profile recent case of cyber war—the Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran’s uranium-enrichment capabilities—can’t…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 16

Could Stuxnet Infect North Korea’s New Uranium Plant?

The Stuxnet worm may have a new target. The now-infamous malware was possibly built to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, while North Korea has unveiled a new uranium enrichment plant that might share components with Iran’s facilities. Are Pyongyang’s centrifuges vulnerable? While U.S. officials are trying to figure out how to respond to North Korea’s unveiling…

Tech News Kim Zetter and Spencer Ackerman - Wired Nov 23

US and Europe divided on NATO’s role in future cyberwars

With the Stuxnet virus wreaking havoc on Iranian nuclear plants, NATO is divided on how to prevent and respond to future cyberattacks. Americans advocating a more proactive stance on combating cyber-ne’er-do-wells, an approach America’s NATO allies are skeptical of. The debate stems over provisions in NATO’s new Strategic Concept, or the doctrine outlining NATO’s function,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 5

The Secret Code Inside the Supervirus Attacking Iran Nuclear Power

Software engineers analyzing the code inside Stuxnet, the supervirus that is focusing its attacks in Iran power plants, have found a secret code word that may point to its country of origin. https://gizmodo.com/pentagon-accused-of-launching-supervirus-attack-on-iran-5649051 The origin may be, oh surprise, Israel. Engineers reportedly found the word “Myrtus” inside the virus, which could be an allusion to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 30

Pentagon Accused Of Launching Supervirus Attack On Iranian Nuclear Plant

Stuxnet—which some experts consider the most advanced virus ever—appears to be focusing its attacks on Iranian nuclear plants. Now, the Pentagon and German intelligence are being accused of creating the virus to take down Iran’s atomic facility. The worm seems to be designed to focus on very specific systems, differentiating between industrial computers “without human…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 27

Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

There’s a New Version of the Stuxnet-esque Duqu Trojan Floating Around and Nobody Knows What It Does

Duqu Framework’s Mystery Language Identified as Custom C

Whoever Wrote the Duqu Trojan’s Framework Wrote It in an Unknown Programming Language

Did the U.S. Create the Conficker Virus to Wipe Out Iran’s Nukes?

America’s Iran-Busting Cyber Bomb Was So Good It Looked Like an Alien Weapon

Even Prisons Can Be Hacked Now

Stuxnet Deconstructed Shows One Scary Virus

Take a Peek at the U.S.’s Official Non-Denial Denial About the Stuxnet Virus

Iran Claims It’s Being Targeted By a Second Cyber Attack

Duck! Security Experts Warn of Stuxnet “Boomerang Effect”

Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Facility Splits Time as Cyberweapon Testing Ground

The Dogs of Cyber War Visualized

Could Stuxnet Infect North Korea’s New Uranium Plant?

US and Europe divided on NATO’s role in future cyberwars

The Secret Code Inside the Supervirus Attacking Iran Nuclear Power

Pentagon Accused Of Launching Supervirus Attack On Iranian Nuclear Plant

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