Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Intresting information on Stuxnet

Explain of Stuxnet to average computer user... It would have checked if a specific word processor is installed on your machine, let's say Microsoft Word. It would then check if you have a specific printer model installed. Now comes the freaky part. Stuxnet would then check for the presence of one specific document on your hard disk. Not based on the document's file name, but based on the document's content. If no match is found, Stuxnet leaves you alone. If Stuxnet finds the document it is looking for and you print out the document, Stuxnet prints its own stuff rather than the original document content. What Stuxnet prints is not random garbage, but completely well-formed sentences in English language.

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