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Stuxnet - State of the Art Malware

Posted By Pete at 2:52 PM, September 23, 2010

One particular aspect of the Stuxnet worm that has raised eyebrows is the complexity of the worm. Not only does Stuxnet use a new way of propagating (by using specially crafted shortcut .lnk files), it also exploits four previously unpublished vulnerabilities in Windows, use stolen digital certificates to sign its own drivers, and is able to hide itself like a rootkit.

The sophisticated techniques used indicates a lot of careful planning and thought as well as expertise was put into Stuxnet. Personally, I feel that this is only the beginning and that we will see a new "cold war" featuring highly specialized malware attacking high priority targets. Looks like governments and corporations throughout the world will be heavily investing in this area for both "good" and "bad" purposes.

Posted by: Pete at 2:52 PM
Categories: Malware

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