hi sc-l, I met Silver Bullet #59 victim Ralph Langner at Joe Weiss's Applied Control Solutions Conference <http://realtimeacs.com/?page_id=65> in Rockville last Fall. That was when (much to the surprise of the Siemens guys there) Ralph first revealed that the Stuxnet payload was aimed directly at physical control systems. In some sense, Stuxnet has changed the world by showing in no uncertain terms just how vulnerable control systems are.
Ralph has spent plenty of time analyzing the Stuxnet payload and we get into some detail regarding its technical workings during the podcast. Have a listen: http://www.cigital.com/silverbullet/show-059/ If you ever wondered what a cyber war weapon might look like, Stuxnet is it. It is obvious that Stuxnet was specifically constructed as a targeted attack against the Natanz nuclear centrifuges in Iran. As always, your feedback on the podcast is welcome. gem company www.cigital.com blog www.cigital.com/justiceleague book www.swsec.com _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php SC-L is hosted and moderated by KRvW Associates, LLC (http://www.KRvW.com) as a free, non-commercial service to the software security community. Follow KRvW Associates on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/KRvW_Associates _______________________________________________
