Stuxnet Clone 'Duqu', Power Plant Attacks

[Marlin]

Stuxnet Clone 'Duqu' Possibly Preparing Power Plant Attacks


Security researchers have detected a new Trojan, scarily similar to the infamous Stuxnet worm, which could disrupt computers controlling power plants, oil refineries and other critical infrastructure networks.

The Trojan, dubbed "Duqu" by the security firm Symantec, appears, based on its code, to have been written by the same authors as the Stuxnet worm, which last July was used to cripple an Iranian nuclear-fuel processing plant.

"Stuxnet source code is not out there," wrote F-Secure cybersecurity expert Mikko Hyppönen on his firm's blog. "Only the original authors have it. So, this new backdoor was created by the same party that created Stuxnet."


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/18/stuxnet-clone-found-possibly-preparing-power-plant-attacks/

[HydroDave63]

Stuxnet Clone 'Duqu' Possibly Preparing Power Plant Attacks


Security researchers have detected a new Trojan, scarily similar to the infamous Stuxnet worm, which could disrupt computers controlling power plants, oil refineries and other critical infrastructure networks.

The Trojan, dubbed "Duqu" by the security firm Symantec, appears, based on its code, to have been written by the same authors as the Stuxnet worm, which last July was used to cripple an Iranian nuclear-fuel processing plant.

"Stuxnet source code is not out there," wrote F-Secure cybersecurity expert Mikko Hyppönen on his firm's blog. "Only the original authors have it. So, this new backdoor was created by the same party that created Stuxnet."


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/18/stuxnet-clone-found-possibly-preparing-power-plant-attacks/

Stuxnet only goes after Siemens DCS/SCADA software running on Windows. Many who have had the displeasure of trying to operate anything in the Siemens Spectrum SINAUT system might consider THAT to be the hostile software written by commies or spies or something... 

[matthew.b]

"Only the original authors have it. So, this new backdoor was created by the same party that created Stuxnet."

Maybe someone hacked the Stuxnet authors' computers so they have the source code too.