Tag: worm
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AC/DC Virus Hits Iran Nuke Plants
An Internet security company says it received a report nuclear plants in Iran were hit by a virus that makes their computers play music by the rock band AC/DC.
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1/19 Defcon: Megatakedown, Koobfaced & More
Feds Shutter Megaupload, Arrest Executives // Anonymous Takes Down DoJ, UMG in Retaliation // Judge Orders Search of ‘News of the World’ Computers // Online Protest Against Obama’s Drone War Flops // Zappos Hacked, Tells 24m Customers to Change Passwords // US to Launch Space Arms-Control Initiative
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israel tested stuxnet at dimona
Israel took pages from spy thriller, by building identical centrifuges to those at Natanz, to test effectiveness of stuxnet worm. Cryptogon carries New York Times article. An American nuclear intelligence expert related, “To check out the worm, you have to know the machines..The reason the worm has been effective is that the Israelis tried it…