Topic: Why the Stuxnet worm is like nothing seen before

[Clive]

Stuxnet is the first worm of its type capable of attacking critical infrastructure like power stations and electricity grids: those in the know have been expecting it for years.

On 26 September, Iran's state news agency reported that computers at its Bushehr nuclear power plant had been infected by Stuxnet.


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[Simon]

I'm sure it won't be long before our power infrastructure is hit by something similar.

[sam]

simple, power infrastructure should not be networked to the general net.

[Simon]

There's that word again... "should".  But I'm sure we wouldn't be that silly... 

[sam]

not sure we are. I have a mate working in nuclear power, not allowed to take any electronics on site

[Simon]

Terry will know... 

[Clive]

Stuxnet worm can reinfect PCs even after disinfection

A security researcher has found yet another way the Stuxnet worm infiltrates computers used in nuclear plants and other industrial facilities, a technique that has the ability to reinfect machines even after they've been cleaned of the malware.

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[TR]

Not even a mobile phone 

[sam]

Stuxnet worm can reinfect PCs even after disinfection

A security researcher has found yet another way the Stuxnet worm infiltrates computers used in nuclear plants and other industrial facilities, a technique that has the ability to reinfect machines even after they've been cleaned of the malware.

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nice. At least someone found it.

[Clive]

An alarmed Iran asks for outside help to stop rampaging Stuxnet malworm

http://www.debka.com/article/9050/

[sam]

interesting

[Clive]

In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue


Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them.

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