Iran hit by strange virus!

Biggins · 29-09-2010 02:26PM #1

15,000 post - woo-hoo!

Iran struggling to contain 'foreign-made' 'Stuxnet' computer virus

TEHRAN - Iran suspects that a foreign organization or nation designed "Stuxnet," a quickly mutating computer worm that has been infiltrating industrial computer systems in the Islamic republic, a high-ranking official said Monday.

"We had anticipated that we could root out the virus within one to two months," Hamid Alipour, deputy head of Iran's Information Technology Co., a part of the ministry of communication and information technology, told the Islamic Republic News Agency. "But the virus is not stable, and since we started the cleanup process three new versions of it have been spreading," he said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the worm and no entity or country has been definitively identified as its source.
It is the first known case of malware designed to sabotage an industrial control system. "We've never seen anything like this before," said Liam O'Murchu, a researcher with the security firm Symantec.

More here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/27/AR2010092706229.html

...So would anyone like to guess where this super virus has come from.
I don't have a clue. :pac:

Pyr0 · 29-09-2010 02:27PM

I really shouldn't have coughed on that computer..

NothingMan · 29-09-2010 02:28PM

Jeff Goldblum does it again!

Sea Sharp · 29-09-2010 02:30PM

You of all people should know should know something like this was discussed recently in some other thread.

p.s, congratulations on the post count, it's beautiful.

Jumpy · 29-09-2010 02:30PM

NothingMans REAL post before the ninja edit wrote: »

I wonder what Obamas hacker name is

NothingMan wrote: »

Jeff Goldblum does it again!

Pr3zBOB

Edit: WTF NothingMan. Ninja Edit.

Oranage2 · 29-09-2010 02:30PM

Things like this makes me question how people still doubt there's an Illuminati

thebigbiffo · 29-09-2010 02:30PM

from the brain of some dude wearing massive glasses who has greasy skin and hasnt seen daylight for 10 years.

job done

Duggy747 · 29-09-2010 02:31PM

They should've installed AVG.

Phill Ewinn · 29-09-2010 02:31PM

Who cares?

Biggins · 29-09-2010 02:31PM

Sea Sharp wrote: »

You of all people should know should know something like this was discussed recently in some other thread.

I don't read all threads.
Me sorrweee.

Sykk · 29-09-2010 02:32PM

Good.

Biggins · 29-09-2010 02:32PM

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Who cares?

The Iranians? :P

Sykk · 29-09-2010 02:33PM

Biggins wrote: »

15,000 post - woo-hoo!

...So would anyone like to guess where this super virus has come from.
I don't have a clue. :pac:

I just wonder!

Duggy747 · 29-09-2010 02:35PM

These sort of attacks usually come from the Russian side of the world. That or somebody working there probably downloaded some dodgy porn :pac:

Hande hoche! · 29-09-2010 02:36PM

Probably the juice.

The Volt · 29-09-2010 02:37PM

I didn't want to get infected so Iran

Biggins · 29-09-2010 02:38PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

...somebody working there probably downloaded some dodgy porn :pac:

We here in AH wouldn't know what Russian dodgy porn is.
We are all good little clean folk here.

Biggins · 29-09-2010 02:40PM

Voltwad wrote: »

I didn't want to get infected so Iran

That was so bad - it was good! :pac:

Stinicker · 29-09-2010 02:40PM

Cybersex = Cyber STDs for those Iranians.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 29-09-2010 02:42PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Things like this makes me question how people still doubt there's an Illuminati

Illunimati, ny arse! More likely 4chan. That is, unless, they are the same...

Terry · 29-09-2010 02:48PM

My browser crashed, and the laptop on which I was backing stuff up, and which is on the same network, also crashed when I opened this thread.

I blame Biggins.

Or it was Israel. More than likely Israel. They've shown that they are not averse to dodgy actions like this.

prinz · 29-09-2010 02:49PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

These sort of attacks usually come from the Russian side of the world. That or somebody working there probably downloaded some dodgy porn :pac:

+1, the Stuxnet was first reported by an internet security company in Belarus and is thought to have been brought into Iran by the Russian technical teams sent there to help with building the plants.

pickarooney · 29-09-2010 02:52PM

How did this executable get executed?
Iran it

alexlyons · 29-09-2010 02:53PM

I though Apple's "I" devices didn't get viruses...?? :pac:

/awaits a slap before leaving

Biggins · 29-09-2010 02:54PM

prinz wrote: »

+1, the Stuxnet was first reported by an internet security company in Belarus and is thought to have been brought into Iran by the Russian technical teams sent there to help with building the plants.

...Or maybe its meant to look that way!
I'm off to get my tin hat again. You know - just in case! :pac:

prinz · 29-09-2010 02:57PM

The link to Iran is a media gold mine. There was no one crying about Germany being hit by a strange virus back in the day :rolleyes: No one cares if Siemens systems there are affected...

http://www.controleng.com/channels/manufacturing-it/industry-news/single-article/siemens-update-on-stuxnet-virus-simatic-wincc-scada-systems/8eb094cec6.html

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Stuxnet-also-found-at-industrial-plants-in-Germany-1081469.html

Biggins · 29-09-2010 03:04PM

prinz wrote: »

The link to Iran is a media gold mine. There was no one crying about Germany being hit by a strange virus back in the day :rolleyes: No one cares if Siemens systems there are affected...

http://www.controleng.com/channels/manufacturing-it/industry-news/single-article/siemens-update-on-stuxnet-virus-simatic-wincc-scada-systems/8eb094cec6.html

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Stuxnet-also-found-at-industrial-plants-in-Germany-1081469.html

I'd be more worried about such a virus effecting the Iranians nuclear launch capability, if they have eventually quietly progressed that far.
It might in fact have the opposite effect and knock their whole systems out in that area - which is not a bad thing.

The Volt · 29-09-2010 11:59PM

pickarooney wrote: »

How did this executable get executed?
Iran it

Same punchline a few posts earlier, no thanks. Damn you :pac:

ScumLord · 30-09-2010 12:51AM

There's a disappointing lack of Zombies in this Virus storey.

Biggins · 30-09-2010 12:53AM

ScumLord wrote: »

There's a disappointing lack of Zombies in this Virus storey.

Disappointing lack of Jelly Babies too!

ScumLord · 30-09-2010 12:55AM

Biggins wrote: »

Disappointing lack of Jelly Babies too!

With all the talk of Siemens that's probably for the best.

Iran hit by strange virus!

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