[HN Gopher] Stuxnet (2010) [pdf]
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       Stuxnet (2010) [pdf]
        
       Author : redbell
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2023-05-28 16:06 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.wired.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.wired.com)
        
       | leonidasv wrote:
       | I was around 15 years old at that time. I remember reading this
       | article[0] from Wired, it was probably the first time I've read
       | an article so long and so technical without stopping. I couldn't
       | grasp everything 100%, but every detail sounded so fascinating I
       | kept reading and researching about.
       | 
       | It was the first time I felt like "wow, those guys, those
       | security researchers, I wanna be one of them". It really opened
       | my eyes to how computer software can be complex, political,
       | puzzling and how an "antivirus" company operates in the
       | backstage. I still remember that one single article as a pivotal
       | point in my life, making me look at software engineering as a
       | career that could also be fun.
       | 
       | [0]
       | http://web.archive.org/web/20190106014001/https://www.wired....
       | (resorting to Web Archive since the live version isn't opening
       | anymore since Wired updated their website layout)
        
       | nosmokewhereiam wrote:
       | See also: Flame & Duqu.
       | 
       | Is the DEADF007 purpose still unsolved or has subsequent analysis
       | figured it out?
        
       | bitlax wrote:
       | Any reason this is trending now?
        
         | pieter_mj wrote:
         | Not sure. Maybe because of 10 years Snowden or the revealing of
         | the inner workings of the Predator Android malware. Similarly,
         | Stuxnet used multiple (windows) 0days to assure its deployment.
         | It was vehemently denied by USA and Israel that it was their
         | co-fabrication to hit Iran, while it was crystal clear from the
         | very beginning it was them.
        
         | Zircom wrote:
         | There's a new worm going around aimed at disrupting
         | industrial/energy systems called "CosmicEnergy" that's been in
         | the news the last week or so, I'd assume due to its similar
         | function Stuxnet is getting mentioned in the articles and so is
         | having bit of a resurgence in searches as a result.
        
       | Alifatisk wrote:
       | Wish they covered "Nitro Zeus" too!
        
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