STUXNET attack on control systems!

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STUXNET TARGETING CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS,i.e,
In What way did stuxnet decrease the pressure in side a nuclear reactor?

Posted 19-Dec-11 23:30pm

Sai Sasanka

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Amir Mahfoozi 20-Dec-11 5:58am

I know that it embed itself into siemense PLCs when someone from an infected computer programs it and it causes some random malfunctions to attack target industries.

Sai Sasanka 20-Dec-11 6:02am

That's convincing but can i know the infection method or pattern that stuxnet used?

Amir Mahfoozi 20-Dec-11 6:13am

No this is a programming forum not a security forum.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Dec-11 9:35am

Amir, security is part of programming, don't narrow it down. Anyway, not an excuse. Maybe, we have no or too few experts in STUXNET, but we won't look better by claiming this is a wrong forum :-). The forum is right, but we cannot answer all questions. Maybe one of us can answer this one.
--SA

Amir Mahfoozi 20-Dec-11 12:14pm

I agree with you SA that security is an aspect of programming but stuxnet is something that is very complicated and needs a deep knowledge of virus structures. It was such that caused wonder of many virus specialist and some claimed that it is new generation of viruses. And the next virus in this category is DuQu which will act as a recon unit. I heard that It just collect data and try to spot where it is and sends data to a control center but how ? I don't know.
And about "Maybe, we have no or too few experts in STUXNET, but we won't look better by claiming this is a wrong forum" I agree with you, maybe creating special forums or making that category available through menu makes it more active here.

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Kythen · Answer 1 · 2011-12-20T08:22:00

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Back in February, Symantec released a whitepaper that gave quite a bit of detail about how Stuxnet worked. You can find that Stuxnet dossier here[^].

Posted 20-Dec-11 8:22am

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 2 · 2011-12-20T07:16:00

Solution 1

Read the following :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet[^]

A good video description is here :
http://www.ted.com/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon.html[^]

Posted 20-Dec-11 7:16am

Mehdi Gholam