Neowin News Feed for: Stuxnet

NeoBytes :) The Discovery on Star Trek apparently runs Windows

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 08:28:01 +0000

A sequence in the latest episode of the Star Trek: Discovery TV show has the Starfleet's officers analysing a string of code that, as it turns out, was taken from the Stuxnet virus. Read more...

NSA director attended clandestine meeting in Israel to talk cyber security

Paul Hill — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:34:01 +0000

NSA chief Admiral Mike Rogers was in Israel last week to discuss closer ties between the NSA and its Israeli counterpart, Unit 8200. The meeting came after the US DoJ charged seven Iranian hackers. Read more...

Hackers target German steel plant; cause massive physical damage

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:02:01 +0000

A report from Germany confirmed that a cyberattack on the control systems of a steel plant has led to 'massive' damages. This is the second time a digital attack leads to physical damages. Read more...

Kaspersky Labs building their own OS

Tyler Holman — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:09:41 +0000

Kaspersky Labs has taken the wraps off one of their 'secret projects,' a super-secure operating system designed to shrug off any attack. The only catch? It's for critical infrastructure only. Read more...

Iranian nuclear program hit by virus, plays AC/DC

Paul Ferson — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:27:02 +0000

Iran's nuclear program has been infected with a new virus which seems to play excellent music at inopportune times, and has spread across two different Iranian facilities already. Read more...

SOPA author wants to arrest journalists over leaks

Tyler Holman — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:23:03 +0000

SOPA author Lamar Smith is back again, this time rallying for a new law that would allow the Justice Department to bring down the 'full force of the law' against journalists who leak state secrets. Read more...

Iran detects second cyber attack

Tom Dwyer — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:05:51 +0000

Last year Iran was hit by one of the first ever ‘guided cyber missile’ which targeted their nuclear program, that Iran claims to be peaceful. The attack was a setback for Iran as it delayed... Read more...

Researcher claims stuxnet was a US/Israel joint venture

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:11:05 +0000

A German researcher is claiming that the United States and Israel Intelligence and Special Operations department (Mossad) were behind the 2010 malicious Stuxnet worm which attempted to attack Iran's nuclear program. During the TED conference... Read more...