Posted on 12/30/2011 11:58:54 AM PST by bkopto
The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab.
SNIP
Stuxnet has already been linked to another virus, the Duqu data-stealing trojan, but Kaspersky's research suggests the cyber weapons program that targeted Iran may be far more sophisticated than previously known.
Kaspersky's director of global research & analysis, Costin Raiu, told Reuters on Wednesday that his team has gathered evidence that shows the same platform that was used to build Stuxnet and Duqu was also used to create at least three other pieces of malware.
Raiu said the platform is comprised of a group of compatible software modules designed to fit together, each with different functions. Its developers can build new cyber weapons by simply adding and removing modules.
"It's like a Lego set. You can assemble the components into anything: a robot or a house or a tank," he said.
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From CIA/Mossad with love....
And others are doing the same to us almost certainly. When and if we get into a war with the Chinese wonder how many of our weapons systems will be crashing?
“When and if we get into a war with the Chinese wonder how many of our weapons systems will be crashing?”
Most of them.
But don’t worry. In fact, be happy. Because I was told here on FR, repeatedly, and vigorously, that offshoring things to China was GOOD for us.
Can’t crash a Marine with an M-14; just point him in the direction you want and say go. Free fire zone, no politically correct rules of engagement and every thing with a pulse will die.
Nice of the Russians to help out their Iranian buddies.
Three Cheers that the Iranians were using Microsoft.
Not me!
Mike
From a psychological warfare standpoint, this story is bound to give the Iranian ulcers because they know full well they haven’t cleaned out the first infestation.
They’ll go nuts looking at all their programming to see if there are nasty surprise time bombs they haven’t found yet. Or just sitting nervously waiting for the next one to go off.
Bound to be nerve-wracking.
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