Stepson of Stuxnet stalked Kaspersky for months, tapped Iran nuke talks

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  1. Soul Runna

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    Not long after blowing the lid off a National Security Agency-backed hacking group that operated in secret for 14 years, researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab returned home from February's annual security conference in Cancun, Mexico to an even more startling discovery. Since some time in the second half of 2014, a different state-sponsored group had been casing their corporate network using malware derived from Stuxnet, the highly sophisticated computer worm reportedly created by the US and Israel to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program.

    Some of the malware's stealth capabilities were unlike anything Kaspersky researchers had ever seen, and in many respects, the malware was more advanced than the malicious programs developed by the NSA-tied Equation Group that Kaspersky just exposed. More intriguing still, Kaspersky antivirus products showed the same malware has infected one or more venues that hosted recent diplomatic negotiations the US and five other countries have convened with Iran over its nuclear program. Also puzzling: among the other 100 or fewer estimated victims were parties involved in events remembering the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.

    Developers planted several false flags in the malware to give the appearance its origins were in Eastern Europe or China. But as the Kaspersky researchers delved further into the 100 modules that encompass the platform, they discovered it was an updated version of Duqu, the malware discovered in late 2011 with code directly derived from Stuxnet. Evidence later suggested Duqu was used to spy on Iran's efforts to develop nuclear material and keep tabs on the country's trade relationships. Duqu's precise relation to Stuxnet remained a mystery when the group behind it went dark in 2012. Now, not only was it back with updated Stuxnet-derived malware that spied on Iran, it was also escalating its campaign with a brazen strike on Kaspersky.

    Read the rest of the story here: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/stepson-of-stuxnet-stalked-kaspersky-for-months-tapped-iran-nuke-talks/

    P.S.: Don't forget to read the comments of the article.
     
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  3. mlb4sheaz

    mlb4sheaz Ultrasonic

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    Good read, very interesting. Cheers
     
  4. Maintaining the high ground is vital to a violent and psychotic "Master". The virus planted is but an extension of the parasitic nature of their vampire souls yearning and lusting for power for power's sake, sucking any and all positive life energy of the masses and transforming it to a form most congenial to their blood thirsty warring palette. History rambles on, another lost day.
     
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    ArticStorm Moderator Staff Member

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    we all know that the NSA are evil and i think they sometimes hack himself to get money for their future operations. :rofl:
     
  6. lukehh

    lukehh Audiosexual

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    Hehe...We in germany have just another incredible hacker attack! I really dont know if I should rather cry or laugh about it!

    http://www.itworld.com/article/2934135/german-parliament-may-need-to-replace-all-software-and-hardware-after-hack.html
     
  7. Rhodes

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    I just hope the Iranians modified it, advanced it and sent it back to the bastards *yes*
     
  8. nycdl

    nycdl Kapellmeister

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    It's always those who have ZERO knowledge of the real world are the first to comment and back it up with internet articles. Evil and necessity share a fine line.
     
  9. Rhodes

    Rhodes Audiosexual

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    well, REAL is a very hard word ... if You can define what real is, share that knowledge please *yes*
     
  10. Gramofon

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    Real is what you (can) measure, detect or perceive (as real) [for you]. What you can set your eyes (and senses) on. What is illuminated. AND what is suspected or "gut felt", after it's been revealed (to YOUR perception and field of view). If it can't be proven, it doesn't necessarily mean it isn't true. (But, of course, you can't act on it with certainty)

    I mean, come on, everyone deep inside knew what the NSA was doing, everyone was suspecting it. Whether they were called "conspiracy theorists", suspectful or whatever, it doesn't matter. Now it's proven. The fact that it wasn't so apparent some years ago doesn't mean it wasn't happening.

    And, I guess, 30kHz for bats may be very real, haha. We can measure it but can't hear it. (And that still doesn't mean that a 30kHz sound has no effect on you)
     
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