http://www.controlglobal.com/articles/2012/stuxnet-iranian-view.html
We have discussed Stuxnet -- the malware which attacks Siemens PCS7 SCADA industrial systems -- on this list before, so I thought this paper might be of interest to some members. It's amazing to me that even some of the supposedly "bulletproof" antivirus/security systems cannot reliably detect Stuxnet. Honestly, something like Stuxnet could very easily be used for real world terror applications. It sounds like science fiction -- a computer virus which can sabotage the control system at a chemical plant, or a pharmaceutical plant, or a nuclear power plant and create either seemingly safe products which are actually dangerous, or create an unsafe condition which the operators would be unaware of -- but it is quite real. I can also tell you that as a controls engineer, there is a very big movement in the industry for what is called "cyber security" (as opposed to physical plant security) because of malware like this. ISA is developing their standard (ISA-99), and there is also the ISO/IEC 27002 standard for markets which use IEC. -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
