Stuxnet

[lnk2019]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15367816

Any thoughts?

[Computergeek01]

I for one would really like toi know what "bleeding edge" techniques they are talking about. If they mean the Attack Vectors this little beast is exploiting then I can understand the usage of this term, but I sense some fear mongering in this article.

The origional Stuxnet was interesting in that it SPECIFICALLY targeted such a high profile target at the level of it's control system, this article says that this version doesn't do any of that and doesn't even spread like a 'worm' so I'm curious to see how they determined any relation at all. Unless targeting weaknesses in specific hardware is enough to relate the two but this method isn't anything new.

[Catfish]

Notice how much emphasis there is on how potentially dangerous the virus is, and how little on how it spreads, how to avoid it, and how to remove it. To their credit, they give a link to Symantec's blog.

My thoughts: "whatever."
It's just another computer virus.
I only care if it trashes my computer, or starts WW3 by trashing someone else's.
Neither of which is too likely.

[Disch]

Notice how much emphasis there is on how potentially dangerous the virus is, and how little on how it spreads, how to avoid it, and how to remove it. To their credit, they give a link to Symantec's blog.

Hahaha, that's actually a really good point.

[1vRz3TCk]

Catfish wrote:

Notice how much emphasis there is on how potentially dangerous the virus is, and how little on how it spreads, how to avoid it, and how to remove it.

Personally I thought that it was clear that the Duqu was gathering information That indicates that they are gearing up to releasing another Stuxnet-like attack

BBC News wrote:

The new threat, Duqu, is, according to those who discovered it, "a precursor to a future Stuxnet-like attack".