A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt operations . the worm was discovered in July when researchers at VirusBlokAda found it on computers in Iran.The worm, was designed to attack Siemens industrial control systems.Stuxnet could be used to cause a significant amount of damage if it is not properly removed.Researchers at Symantec have cracked Stuxnet's cryptographic system, and they say it is the first worm built not only to spy on industrial systems, but also to reprogram them
Once installed on a PC, Stuxnet uses Siemens' default passwords to seek out and try to gain access to systems that run the WinCC and PCS 7 programs -- so-called PLC (programmable logic controller) programs that are used to manage large-scale industrial systems on factory floors and in military installations and chemical and power plants.this malware spreads with the help of us drive or lan
