Cyber-weapon authors catch up on blog reading
The arms race continues.
One of the more popular posts on this blog was the one pointing out how Stuxnet was unsophisticated. Its use of traditional malware methods and lack of protection for the payload indicated that the authors were either “Team B” or in a big hurry. The post was intended to counteract the breathless praise in the press for the advent of sophisticated “cyber-weapons”.
This year, more information was released in the New York Times that gave more support for both theories. The authors may not have had a lot of time due to political pressure and concern about Iran’s progress. The uneasy partnership between the US and Israel may have led to both parties keeping their best tricks in their back pockets.
A lot of people seemed skeptical about the software protection method I described called “secure triggers”. (I had written about this before also, calling it “hash-and-decrypt”.) The general…
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Alexander Riccio 