Monday, September 27, 2010

Iran confirms Stuxnet worm hit nuclear plant

Iranian sources appear to have confirmed that the Stuxnet worm has infected PCs at the country's Bushehr nuclear power facility, but maintain that it has not disrupted the plant's operations. First discovered in July, the sophisticated Stuxnet threat has been designed to disrupt the supervisory control and data acquisition systems that control manufacturing processes in factories and plants around the world.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Attacks on power systems: Hackers, malware

Criminal Hackers and Malware vs Power Systems

Criminal hackers take advantage of both technical vulnerabilities[1] and human failings[2] to penetrate insecure systems.

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