Experts: Stuxnet-linked Fast16 malware, designed to subvert nuclear weapons testing simulations, was likely part of a campaign to slow Iran's nuclear ambitions
Fast16 didn't predate Stuxnet but was contemporaneous with it. It also wasn't aimed at altering nuclear weapons …
Kaspersky plans to close its US business and eliminate US-based positions, following the country's ban on the sale of its antivirus tool starting July 20
offices to close by July 20 Sean Lyngaas / CNN : Russian cyber firm Kaspersky to shut down US operations after ban Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Kaspersky Decamps the US Following Government Ban ...
A look at Iran's efforts to tighten internet controls and curtail digital freedoms, as US sanctions and cyberattacks against the country escalate
Mahsa Alimardani / VICE : Tweets: @nargesbajoghli , @yarbatman , and @jabdi Tweets: Narges Bajoghli / @nargesbajoghli : It's hard to overstate degree to which Stuxnet cyberattacks by US+Israel on Ira...
Study of Shadow Brokers documents: in 2013 the NSA was tracking 45+ different nation state operations by detecting other hackers on machines it had infected
Sig 1, Sig 2, etc—and mapped them to known groups, such as Turla https://theintercept.com/... pic.twitter.com/2AZTEtwCF4 Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : Naturally, NSA isn't just looking for adversary mal...
Researchers find malware with Stuxnet-style use of legitimate digital certificates is much more common than previously believed, going back as early as 2003
Thanks to the Dark Web
Researchers say Crash Override, which took down Ukraine's power grid, is the only known malware to have attacked physical infrastructure other than Stuxnet
hard Wall Street Journal : Cyber Experts Identify Malware That Could Disrupt U.S. Power Grid Kevin Billings / Tech Times : CRASHOVERRIDE: Malware That Took Down A Ukraine Power Grid? Inquirer : Indust...
Stuxnet was part of larger campaign against Iran's power grid, air defense; Israel modified the program, then launched it unilaterally, claims documentary
U.S. Hacked Into Iran's Critical Civilian Infrastructure For Massive Cyberattack, New Film Claims — A new documentary on “Stuxnet” …
State sponsored sophisticated attack Duqu 2.0 penetrated Kaspersky network, tapped Iran nuke talks
Stepson of Stuxnet stalked Kaspersky for months, tapped Iran nuke talks — Hacker group used a “zero-day trampoline” to scale Kaspersky defenses. — Not long after blowing the lid off …
Sources: US tried deploying Stuxnet-style virus against North Korea five years ago to destroy equipment, but the campaign failed
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Sources: US tried deploying Stuxnet-style virus against North Korea five years ago to destroy equipment, but the campaign failed
Exclusive: U.S. tried Stuxnet-style campaign against North Korea but failed - sources — The United States tried to deploy a version of the Stuxnet computer virus …