Here's one better:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/18/son_of_stuxnet_disclovered/
The stuxnet equivalent running amok in _our_ scada systems.
Scada systems (municipal water and sewage systems) of various
municipalities can be a bit scary, usually just a bunch of old win2k
boxes with serial gadgetry applied to talk to plc's and serial devices
off in a corner somewhere on a schedule and feed data back. Sometimes
firewalls actually get involved, but otherwise a veritable breeding
ground for these kinds of viruses. I suppose turnabout is fair play for
us, but thank you windows for letting them.
Question is, do any of these vendors even consider linux or are entirely
locked into ms? I bet Iran doesn't any more.
-mb
On 10/19/2011 09:16 AM, Tom Ostlund wrote:
consider all the checkouts at the grocery stores are running windows
underneath the hood and you might switch back to cash for everything
again.......
They probably all have IE6 on them as well considering why would they
update?
On 10/19/2011 09:11 AM, keith smith wrote:
Very Scary!
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Keith Smith
--- On Wed, 10/19/11, Alex Dean<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Alex Dean<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Another reason for Linux.
To: "Main PLUG discussion list"<[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 6:44 AM
On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:30 PM, keith smith wrote:
Son of Stuxnet? Researchers Warn of Impending Cyber Attack
Stuxnet was a highly sophisticated computer worm that was discovered
last year and was thought to have successfully targeted and disrupted
systems at a nuclear enrichment plant in Iran.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/stuxnet-returns-duqu-researchers-warn-similar-cyber-attack/story?id=14763854
Stuxnet is a computer worm discovered in June 2010. It targets
Siemens industrial software and equipment running Microsoft Windows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
Great summary of the whole Stuxnet saga:
http://www.ted.com/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon.html
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