Reportedly created by the U. Rather than steal data, Stuxnet left a back door meant to be accessed remotely to allow outsiders to stealthily knock the facility offline and at least temporarily cripple Iran's nuclear program. The oil giant discovered the malware in July after the virus escaped from its intended target, Mark Koelmel, Chevron's general manager of the earth sciences department, told The Wall Street Journal.
We immediately addressed the issue without incident," a Chevron representative said. The payload was reportedly delivered to the facility on a standard thumb drive by an Iranian double agent working for Israel. Although they have fewer resources behind them, those guerrilla campaigns are nonetheless capable of doing real, physical damage to the targeted facilities. Chevron is the first U. But most security experts suspect that the vast majority of hacking incidents go unreported for reasons of security, or to avoid embarrassment.
The devices targeted by Stuxnet, called programmable logic controllers, are used to automate factory equipment. Millions of the devices have been sold world-wide, exposing the industrial companies that depend on them to the risk of being infected.
Defense officials said a Qatari natural-gas company called Rasgas also was attacked in August. The incidents show how cyberattacks have escalated in speed and scale during the past few months. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said in an Oct.
Aramco said it quickly recovered from the August attack, but expects more such threats in the future. You will be notified in advance of any changes in rate or terms. You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. Skip to Main Content Skip to Search. News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content and other products and services.
Once Duqu has been planted, it immediately starts to communicate with a command and control server based in India. It pulls down additional code such as an infostealer than can record keystrokes and collect other system information that it then sends back to the control server. However, bundled with the JPEG is the stolen data in an encrypted format. Then after 36 days if it hasn't been detected, Duqu will automatically remove itself from the system so that a compromised system may never know it had been attacked.
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