Introducing the Threat Review Series

Last week we held our first webinar in the Threat Review Series where we focus on new or interesting threats in the security landscape and how to protect against them. It was an interesting session as we featured three very different types of threats – a botnet, a Windows application vulnerability and the always engaging Stuxnet malware and exploit. Given the popularity of the webinar, we created short videos that detail each threat including how it works and how to stop it. See below for a quick summary of each video. …Continue reading

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posted by: Sandeep on October 3, 2010 10:28 PM

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Stuxnet – SCADA malware

Stuxnet is the first malware in recent history that attacked industrial control systems also known as SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems developed by Siemens (Siemens SIMATIC WinCC). These systems monitor and control critical industrial facilities like nuclear power plants, power grids etc. Clearly, any security breach in such systems can have far reaching consequences and as such, these are arguably the most protected IT systems so much so that it is not impossible to imagine that none of these systems are even connected to or accessible through Internet.

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