11 posts and columns on Stuxnet

Seven Questions About Security for Rapid7 CEO Mike Tuchen

in News on May 21 at 3:15 pm PT

It turns out there’s a big business in asking the most basic questions about IT security: What do I have? And how vulnerable is it?
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Stealthy Shape Security Lands $6 Million From Kleiner Perkins and Eric Schmidt

in News on April 26 at 5:04 am PT

A security start-up aims to change the economics of launching hacking attacks.
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Researchers Show How Easy a New Stuxnet-Like Attack Can Be

in News on April 6 at 7:07 am PT

While the Stuxnet worm was seen as difficult to make, inherent weaknesses found in widely used industrial control computers make attacks like that surprisingly easy to carry out, new research says.
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Where in the World Is HP’s Prith Banerjee Going? Answer: Zurich.

in News on April 5 at 5:03 am PT

Banerjee is off to be CTO of the Swiss Industrial giant ABB.
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CBS’s “60 Minutes” Casts Its Eye on Stuxnet Worm

in Media on March 3 at 7:23 pm PT

The popular TV news show revisits the subject of cyberwar with a profile of the worm that is said to have damaged Iran’s nuclear program.
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How Scary Was the Internet in 2011?

in News on January 1 at 3:22 pm PT

How scary was the Internet in 2011? It depends on what you consider scary. News of attacks, some silly, some downright chilling, created uneasiness all year.
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2010 Was the Year the Internet Got Scary. Get Used to It.

in Enterprise on December 30, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

The year just ending started with an attack on Google by China and ended with the WikiLeaks affair. In the meantime, the Stuxnet worm showed the way toward a world where skilled hackers can cause serious real-world damage. Scared yet?

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Siemens Halts Computer Virus as Threat Spurs Effort Against Attacks

in News on August 13, 2010 at 1:31 pm PT

Siemens AG said a computer virus designed to attack the industrial control systems it makes to help monitor power grids and other key infrastructure has been largely suppressed, but the threat has stepped up government and private-sector efforts to ward off future attacks.