attacking industrial plants

[Kees]

here:
http://malwareresearchgroup.com/2010/09/stuxnet-worm-hit-industrial-systems/#more-2190

[Boyfriend]

Thanks Kees for scary news

[johnshaw1917]

Thanks Kees. That was quite a sobering article.

[Neo]

thx for the info

[JayCub]

Thank you Kees, not the usual hacker stuff, more sophisticated than im used to reading about, basicly nothing is safe once it's digital, cheery thought

[princeaniket]

We detected the virus in the SCADA [supervisory control and data acquisition] systems of 14 plants in operation but without any malfunction of process and production and without any damage,”

ohhh.. i have worked over the " SCADA " system and it will be a blunder if it will be infected by the virus.. whole " oil monitoring " system in Pipelines will collapse....
thanks for the info Kees.. really thrilling news for me..

[INDRANIL]

Thanks for the news Kees. They must put some attention otherwise the results could be devastating.

[Ande]

Sounds like timebombs. I hoe everyone updates their firewalls and AV regularly.
Unfortunately most companies rely on McAfee or Norton, and they are not always the best protection.

[luffy]

Hey, they use Symantec Security security software.

[noaccount]

If you search for "Stuxnet" here on Raymond.cc you will find a number of posts probably more relevant to you. The problem for home users is not Stuxnet itself but the malware families that upgraded themselves to use the Stuxnet exploits... "designed to steal industrial secrets"... latest research suggests it was designed to sabotage Iran's nuclear reactor.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/092110-was-stuxnet-built-to-attack.html

Microsoft has already patched two of its 0 day bugs, other two (known) to go.

http://forum.raymond.cc/spyware-viruses/23164-microsoft-patches-another-stuxnet-related-bug-two-more-to-follow.html