Thanks for the info Luke. Does your industry have any checks and balances when it comes to firmware and coding? Like an ieee or iso standard? Just thinking on how to prevent an exploit of this nature On Sep 30, 2010 4:31 PM, "Luke" <[email protected]> wrote: > Die Hard 4 was about shutting down government infastructure, wasn't > it? So in a way, yes, because certain infastructure (a good example > would be traffic control) would be controlled by an automation system > of some kind, most likely a Distributed Control System. > > This one specifically targets industrial automation systems. For > example, on the project I am working we have a general plant > automation system (let's call it SPIC) and a more stringent, safety- > related automation (lets call it KELS), both of which are running as > Distributed Control Systems, albeit each one is seperate and > different. We also have a general plant data network, which is all of > the ethernet, VOIP, and other "administrative" automation stuff. SPIC > and KELS would be the industrial automation stuff which a worm like > this might attack. > > On Sep 30, 4:14 pm, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm kind of naive to this part of the industry but, is this what Die Hard 4 >> is about? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I'm an Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer, so industrial >> > automation systems like the ones Stuxnet attacks is right in my >> > department's wheelhouse. Needless to say we are watching this VERY >> > closely. Industrial automation software is very specific and very >> > proprietary -- so a piece of malcode which can attack it has to be >> > very specific and single-minded. >> >> > On Sep 30, 11:21 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > And Iran is taking a beating: >> >> > >http://www.debka.com/article/9050/ >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "The Unique Geek" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> <theuniquegeek%2bunsubscr...@googÂlegroups.com> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Jim >> >> blog <http://jimpeluso.wordpress.com> >> "Keep moving Forward"- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >
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