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Showing posts with label Stuxnet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stuxnet. Show all posts
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Revolutionary Cyber-Guard?
Revolutionary Cyber-Guard? Iran boosts Web-warfare capabilities after centrifuge virus attack — RT "The 2010 cyber-attack on an Iranian uranium enrichment facility, which destroyed more than 1,000 centrifuges, has sparked a buildup of Tehran’s hacking capabilities, a US cyberwarfare commander said. Tehran may soon be a formidable foe in cyberspace."
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hacking,
Iran internet,
Stuxnet
Friday, December 02, 2011
Stuxnet
Jim Finkle, Reuters/alarabiya.net, Conficker worm could be key to Stuxnet attack on Iran, 1 Dec 2011 "A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the Stuxnet computer virus that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 to Conficker, a mysterious “worm” that surfaced in late 2008 and infected millions of PCs.
"Conficker was used to open back doors into computers in Iran, then infect them with Stuxnet, according to research from John Bumgarner, a retired U.S. Army special-operations veteran and former intelligence officer."
Labels:
computer viruses,
cybersecurity,
hacking,
Iran internet,
Stuxnet
Monday, February 14, 2011
Stuxnet report
Kim Zetter, Wired, Threat Level, Report: Stuxnet Hit 5 Gateway Targets on Its Way to Iranian Plant, 11 Feb 2011 "Attackers behind the Stuxnet computer worm focused on targeting five organizations in Iran that they believed would get them to their final target in that country, according to a new report from security researchers."
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Stuxnet
alarabiya.net, US-Israel tested computer worm on Iran: report, 16 Jan 2011 "U.S. and Israeli intelligence services collaborated to develop a destructive computer worm to sabotage Iran's efforts to make a nuclear bomb, The New York Times reported Saturday."
Friday, November 26, 2010
Stuxnet claims
Morag Lindsay, Press & Journal, Cyber-terrorists could use supervirus to attack Britain, 26 Nov 2010 "Reports yesterday suggested the Stuxnet worm – a computer virus which targets control systems found in industrial plants – had been traded on the black market and could be used by terrorists to target power stations, food distribution networks, hospitals, traffic lights and even dams."
Labels:
computer viruses,
cracking,
hacking,
Stuxnet
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