Company Kaspersky Lab and Symantec have published details of a hacker attack on Irans nuclear facilities November 12, 2014 Tags: Stuxnet, Natanz, hacker attacks Stuxnet virus has been created for the implementation of targeted attacks on industrial projects of strategic importance. Experts in the field of Internet security named Iranian companies affected by the computer virus Stuxnet, pointing to a company Behpajooh as patient zero from which, after stopping the Natanz nuclear center, started the global spread of malware. Joint efforts of Kaspersky Lab and Symantec found that company serving contractors Iranian nuclear enrichment center, in the period from June 2009 to March 2010 of 12 000 times were infected with malware Stuxnet. This information contradicts the article in New York Times, which says that the immediate target of the attack using Stuxnet was the Natanz and outside the computer network virus nuclear facility was out of action for the IB-experts. Thorough analysis published in January this year, the new data as well as information about the order of attack, which is stored in the unique identifiers Stuxnet (for each attack the virus creates a new executable file), researchers have updated the list of victims. Analysts believe the company Kaspersky Lab Stuxnet one of the most interesting examples of malicious software created for the commission of attacks on specific strategic objects of the economy. Specialist of Symantecs Liam O Marsh (Liam O Murchu) argues that there was a leak from the Stuxnet computer network of the original victim and without exception all versions of malware appeared outside Natanz nuclear center. It was believed that Stuxnet was a joint development of US intelligence and Israel established under President Bush initiated Operation «Olympic Games», which will continue the Obama administration. In malicious software contains four vulnerabilities zero day, which increases the efficiency of virus created specifically for disabling systems Natanz nuclear center. https://vimeo/25118844
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:37:55 +0000
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