Iran's nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm

msnbc ^ | Sept 25, 2010 | NASSER KARIMI

[NoLibZone]

Iran's nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites throughout the country and is capable of taking over power plants, Iranian media reports said.

Experts from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran met this week to discuss how to remove the malicious computer code, or worm, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported Friday.

The computer worm, dubbed Stuxnet, can take over systems that control the inner workings of industrial plants. Experts in Germany discovered the worm in July, and it has since shown up in a number of attacks — primarily in Iran, Indonesia, India and the U.S.

The ISNA report said the malware had spread throughout Iran, but did not name specific sites affected. Foreign media reports have speculated the worm was aimed at disrupting Iran's first nuclear power plant, which is to go online in October in the southern port city of Bushehr.

Iranian newspapers have reported on the computer worm hitting industries around the country in recent weeks, without giving details. Friday's report also did not mention Bushehr.

The Russian-built plant will be internationally supervised, but world powers remain concerned that Iran wants to use its civil nuclear power program as a cover for making weapons.

[Mariner]

Targeted to Iran's nuke facilities.

MOST of the Windows security work is done in Israel.

Symantec reports the master domain that was controlling the worm...giving instructions and receiving data...is now off the air.

Whatever damage will be done, the seeds have already been planted.

Israel has control of the majority of Iran's nuke infrastructure AND whatever else they picked...missile control facilities to move large missiles on rails....power plants...refineries...manufacturing facilities.

This could be the biggest change in warfare since nuclear weapons and fun powder.

NONE of these systems are connected to the internet.

[NoLibZone]

USb drives

[PROSOUTH]

So Israel did attack Iran after all LOL

[hwkbeer]

“Mosad.... “

Maybe

[hwkbeer]

“Don’t the Israelis have some hacker genius on ice over there? Maybe he’s earning himself a pardon and a new identity.”

God works in mysterious ways

[tet68]

Have we just witnessed the start of WW IV.

Note: I count the cold war as III.

A definite paradigm shift as one of our former
Presidents used to say.

It’s the kind of thing the Chinese have been planning
but it looks like they got beat to the draw,
now the race is on.

[saintgermaine]

May be they incurred the wrath of Yahweh, I bet the Israeli’s would be delighted to help them!

[Rocky]

LOL!

[matthew fuller]

"How does one infect an isolated system? "

In the porno goat pictures.

[GladesGuru]

“All your process controller belong to us”.

Who “us” is remains to be determined.

[iopscusa]

Love that pic...the white Queen looks like President Palin, VP Bachmann and Secretary of State BigDog Bolton’s Foreign Policy results!

[iopscusa]

Never need the bride of Christ, when arrayed in her battledress, proceed anxiously to meet the enemy. Nor shall she flee from villainous hoards, defeated and brought low. She is the queen of God's right hand and ever shall He protect her comings and goings, guarding her both before and behind, and ever granting her sword arm the full measure of His omnipotent strength. Rejoice in the Lord! Rejoice in your strength! For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your reward. Isaiah 52:12. )

[iopscusa]

Similar to how President RON REAGAN along with BILL CASEY developed the strategy that destroyed the USSR economy by using factual intelligence to pinpoint weakness of the Soviet economy resulting in the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989....great book on this amazingly effective planning: “Victory: The Reagan Administration's Secret Strategy That Hastened the Collapse of the Soviet Union”. Available on Go-ogle Books pages 248-255, search on “Soviet Oil” to read how RR’s Administration, especially Bill Casey were able to defeat the Evil Empire!

[Razzz42]

Where’s the Ha Ha guy?

[InMemoriam]

Does anyone else amuse themselves by singing “Hava Nagila” whenever they’re reading coverage of this mysterious catastrophe centered on Iranian process controllers?

[FreeKeys]

Does anyone else amuse themselves by singing “Hava Nagila” whenever they’re reading coverage of this mysterious catastrophe centered on Iranian process controllers?

I hadn't thought of it, but I think I'll start doing that. BTW, what IS a Nagila, and can I have more than one? ;^)p

[SunkenCiv]

I was out of town when it happened.