It makes use of an unprecedented four 0day vulnerabilities attacks that make use of a security. Today, the stuxnet, duqu, and flame computer worms continue to make headlines as a new breed of malware. Computer worms have caused billions of dollars in damages over the past decade. The stuxnet virus is a computer worm discovered in june 2010.
Topics include the acquisition of worm strains from the caenorhabditis genetics center cgc, methods of culture and transfer, decontamination. Harbinger of an emerging warfare capability congressional research service summary in september 2010, media reports emerged about a new form of cyber attack that appeared to target iran, although the actual target, if any, is unknown. River blindness is caused by the filarial worm onchocerca volvulus. An analysis purdue technical report csdtr823 eugene h. Worms, wisdom, and wealth global atlas of helminth infections. The malworm became more aggressive and returned to the aack on parts of the systems damaged in the inial aack. Getting into the mind of the worm a personal view 20 john g. On 1 october, symantec issued a report examining the stuxnet worm in detail pdf stuxnet is the first worm of its type capable of attacking critical infrastructure like power. The stuxnet worm paul mueller and babak yadegari 1 overview of stuxnet stuxnetis a sophisticated wormdesigned to target only speci. Why the stuxnet worm is like nothing seen before new. Please enable javascript in your web browser to view this page.
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