November 3, 2017
Via: ArsTechnicaOne of the breakthroughs of the Stuxnet worm that targeted Iran’s nuclear program was its use of legitimate digital certificates, which cryptographically vouched for the trustworthiness of the software’s publisher. Following its discovery in 2010, researchers went on to find […]
April 21, 2017
Via: CIOUsers that run unpatched software beware. Hackers have been relying on an old software bug tied to the Stuxnet worm to carry out their attacks. Microsoft may have initially patched the flaw in 2010, but it’s nevertheless become the most […]
August 9, 2016
Via: ArsTechnicaSecurity experts have discovered a malware platform that’s so advanced in its design and execution that it could probably have been developed only with the active support of a nation state. The malware—known alternatively as “ProjectSauron” by researchers from Kaspersky […]
June 3, 2016
Via: CIOResearchers have found a malware program that was designed to manipulate supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in order to hide the real readings from industrial processes. The same technique was used by the Stuxnet sabotage malware allegedly created […]
March 10, 2015
Via: Dan GoodinIn August 2010, Microsoft patched a previously unknown USB vulnerability that state-sponsored attackers had secretly exploited for years, first to infect targets of the “omnipotent” Equation Group and shortly thereafter to spread the virulent Stuxnet worm inside Iranian nuclear facilities. […]
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