Wow, I came here hours after reading about Stuxnet and expected there to be a thread already started on this with lots of discussion. Maybe the forums just die down after con.
I assume most of you have probably already read about Stuxnet:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11388018
tl;dr it's a sophisticated piece of multi-layer malware using 4 previously unknown Windows vulnerabilities to propagate between PCs via USB keychain drives. After infecting a Windows host it remains dormant and harmless, until it detects specific pieces of software for industrial equipment manufcatured by Siemens. Once these are identified, a second stage attack begins whereby the malware tries to infect industrial equipment.
The attack specifically targeted Iran and had a level of sophistication such the BBC suggests it was funded by a "nation-state." So rumor has it this was a little bit of information warfare...
Obligatory Bruce Schneier post:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...uxnet_wor.html
Some quotes from the people who reverse engineered it:
http://frank.geekheim.de/?p=1189
I assume most of you have probably already read about Stuxnet:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11388018
tl;dr it's a sophisticated piece of multi-layer malware using 4 previously unknown Windows vulnerabilities to propagate between PCs via USB keychain drives. After infecting a Windows host it remains dormant and harmless, until it detects specific pieces of software for industrial equipment manufcatured by Siemens. Once these are identified, a second stage attack begins whereby the malware tries to infect industrial equipment.
The attack specifically targeted Iran and had a level of sophistication such the BBC suggests it was funded by a "nation-state." So rumor has it this was a little bit of information warfare...
Obligatory Bruce Schneier post:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...uxnet_wor.html
Some quotes from the people who reverse engineered it:
http://frank.geekheim.de/?p=1189
After 10 years of reverse-engineering malware daily, I have never ever seen anything that comes even close to this
This is what nation states build, if their only other option would be to go to war
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