SecuREview magazine

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SecuREview magazine

It’s a definitive sign of the times when terms like “cyber-warfare”

and “cyber-espionage” are creeping into computer news stories.

And these aren’t just movie plots or an imagination running

wild. Military-grade malware are now creeping across corporate

networks. Nation-state actors are investing heavily in the creation

of tools to conduct cyber-warfare and we now have documented

cases of malware being used against critical infrastructure targets.

In this issue, we feature two stories addressing this issue. Costin

Raiu writes about the timeline related to Stuxnet and Duqu, the

malware families that are clearly targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Raiu’s research shows clearly that Duqu and Stuxnet were created

by the same ‘owners’ with the main aim to spy on -- and eventually

sabotage -- Iran’s FEP at Natanz.

Eugene Kaspersky’s call for the Internet to be a military-free

zone is relevant when we take into account that fact that Duqu

was created as early as 2007, when the people who manage critical

infrastructure around the globe were clearly unprepared for the

dangerous ramifications of military-grade malware gone rogue.

As Eugene outlines, we are sitting on a powder keg. If a ‘cyberweapon’

hits an unintended target, real lives could be at stake and

collateral damage could be devastating.

Achieving a military-free Internet might not be possible but a

clear understanding of the clear and present dangers is necessary.

Stay secure!

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