When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead’s final target — and its covert origins. In a fascinating look inside cyber-forensics, he explains… Continue reading Ralph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
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Intrusion Prevention System To Detect BotNet
The second half of the year 2010 saw stuxnet all over the news. Stuxnet, a cyber worm, is believed to be the world’s first publicly identified known cyber weapon. Such worms are designed to destroy the control system in a factory, refinery or even a nuclear power plant. Computers are infected with such worm through… Continue reading Intrusion Prevention System To Detect BotNet