APR 08 2011

Stuxnet, the first true Cyber-weapon targeting Infrastructure

Control system, Programmable logic controller, SCADA, Security, Stuxnet

Image via Wikipedia Win32/Stuxnet is almost certainly the most sophisticated virus yet developed for targeted attacks.  Stuxnet is parasite code that focuses on subverting SCADA systems, the automated monitoring and control systems of many modern manufacturing, production, power generation, transmission and distribution, fabrication, water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, oil and gas refining and transmission, and communication systems.  Many SCADA software…

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