Saudis, Israelis ‘Super Stuxnet’ Targets Iran Nuke Program
The semi-official news agency Fars is
warning that Saudi Arabia and the Mossad intelligence division are conspiring
together to produce a computer worm “more destructive” than the Stuxnet
malware, to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program. Over the past week or
so, since the revelations about U.S. contacts with Iran stretching back to
2011, some have questioned whether the Obama Administration, among other
things, may have told the Iranians about the Stuxnet virus that was plaguing
their computer networks.
The sources claimed that one of the major methods discussed was the production of malware worse than Stuxnet. Stuxnet was discovered in June, 2010, and is believed to have been created by the U.S. and Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Stuxnet initially spread through Microsoft Windows, and targeted Siemens industrial control systems. The worm initially spread indiscriminately, but included a highly specialized malware payload that was designed to target only Siemens supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that were configured to control and monitor specific industrial processes. Stuxnet infected the PLCs by subverting the software application used to reprogram these devices.
The sources claimed that one of the major methods discussed was the production of malware worse than Stuxnet. Stuxnet was discovered in June, 2010, and is believed to have been created by the U.S. and Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Stuxnet initially spread through Microsoft Windows, and targeted Siemens industrial control systems. The worm initially spread indiscriminately, but included a highly specialized malware payload that was designed to target only Siemens supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that were configured to control and monitor specific industrial processes. Stuxnet infected the PLCs by subverting the software application used to reprogram these devices.
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