Stuxnet source code released online download now stuxnet is a microsoft windows computer worm discovered in july 2010 that targets industrial software and equipment. First victims of the stuxnet worm revealed, kaspersky lab. Duqu and stuxnet, two of the most sophisticated computer viruses ever discovered, were developed by the same team, according to an analysis carried out by kaspersky labs. Kaspersky lab concluded that the sophisticated attack could only have been conducted with nationstate support and a study of the spread of stuxnet by symantec says that it was spread to iran. On 28 december 2011, kaspersky labs director of global research and analysis spoke to reuters about recent research results showing that the platform stuxnet. Us accused of creating three more computer superviruses. The hotspot analysis examines the specific features of stuxnet, its targets and its creators. The stuxnet worm is a very sophisticated, narrowly targeted collection of malware. Perhaps an analysis of their activity can explain why they became patients zero the original, or zero, victims. If you need a crash course on stuxnet, or a presentation for management, this may come in handy.
Stepson of stuxnet stalked kaspersky for months, tapped. Why antivirus companies like mine failed to catch flame and stuxnet. But then it was almost a week before the next company. Stuxnet analysis by langner, based on reverse engineering. In 2010, the authors created the second driver mrxnet. Contribute to micrictorstuxnet development by creating an account on github. Summary w32stuxnet b is a worm for the windows platform. This insidious selfreplicating code can seize control of computer systems that run equipment in large. Stuxnet is typically introduced to the target environment via an infected usb flash drive. Stuxnet analysis this is the detailed, technical comments to stuxnet, and the agency recommendation. Picture taken on sep 16, 2010, when we published that stuxnet was a targeted cyberphysical attack against the iranian. This report is devoted to the analysis of the notorious stuxnet worm win32 stuxnet that suddenly attracted the attention of virus researchers this summer. This is a subset of the agency press release of 07102010, on this topic, and should be read in. Stuxnet is a computer worm that targets computer systems using the windows operating system.
The worm then propagates across the network, scanning for siemens step7 software on computers controlling a plc. Stuxnet is not only a new virus or worm but its a new era of malware. Stuxnet trojan memory forensics with volatility part i. In the absence of either criterion, stuxnet becomes dormant inside the computer. It analyzes the effects of the malware on the iranian society and politics, its economy and the. Picture taken on sep 16, 2010, when we published that stuxnet was a targeted cyberphysical attack against the iranian nuclear program. Though stuxnet was accidentally discovered by antivirus researchers in working for vba in belarus way back in june 2010, analysis. Stepson of stuxnet stalked kaspersky for months, tapped iran nuke talks.
The elevationofprivilege exploit of a windows kernel vulnerability had been used by both the first version of stuxnet and early editions of flame. Researchers find direct link between flame, stuxnet malware. Keep uptodate with the latest kaspersky news, press releases, and access media resources. Kaspersky and symantec linked stuxnet to flame in june, saying that part of the flame program is nearly identical to code found in a 2009 version of stuxnet. Stuxnet was first detected in june of 2010 and immediately gained the attention of pc security researchers around the world. In its analysis, kaspersky experts stopped short of speculating on who might be behind the new malware, dubbed gauss, but they said. First victims of the infamous worm revealed more than four years have passed since the discovery of one of the most sophisticated and dangerous malicious program the stuxnet worm, considered to be the first cyberweapon but many mysteries still swirl around the story.
Stuxnet and duqu are members of larger malware family, kaspersky says new, 15 comments kaspersky lab alleges that infamous viruses stuxnet and duqu are members of a larger. Stuxnet was first uncovered in june 2010 by a small antivirus firm from belarus and more specifically by sergey ulasen who now works for kaspersky. Stuxnet was elegant in its sophistication and then quietly moved and evolved over a period of time while buried deep within a system. The exfiltrated data may be used to enable a future stuxnet like attack. Stuxnet also always sets the flags equal 11 or 3 and that means that the stuxnet file is encrypted and needs to be decrypted and that the driver must read and decrypt it and then allocate memory in the infected process equal the size of the file to copy the file in. Domain a the stuxnet 2009 version we will refer to it as stuxnet. Based on our analysis, symantec believes that duqu 2. Stuxnet malware analysis paper by amr thabet freelancer malware researcher author of pokas x86 emulator. Detailed analysis example behaviors of w32stuxnet b follow. The stuxnet worm may well provide an existence of proof of a subtle offensive weapon. Below is a synopsis of the presentation, and a link to the download. What is stuxnet, who created it and how does it work. Several security experts have predicted stuxnet like variants to become more common. Why antivirus companies like mine failed to catch flame.
Power plants, dams, oil pipelines, and other critical infrastructure all stand in the line of. But roughly two weeks after news of stuxnet first surfaced, researchers at moscowbased kaspersky lab discovered that the stuxnet worm also could spread using an unknown security flaw in the way. So today, we are publishing a presentation that abridges the findings of the how stuxnet spreads white paper, and is a summarization of a lot of information on stuxnet. This insidious selfreplicating code can seize control of computer systems that run equipment in large industrial facilities, sabotaging key processes. First victims of the infamous worm revealed more than four years have passed since the discovery of one of the most sophisticated and dangerous malicious program the stuxnet. Stuxnet of 2009 had a large piece of code similar to that of flame, so apparently creators of stuxnet and flame were working in close collaboration, gostev from kaspersky. Stuxnet spawn infected kaspersky using stolen foxconn. Stuxnet and duqu are members of larger malware family. The first modification of the stuxnet worm, created in 2009, used only one driver file mrxcls.
This is because it appears that stuxnet is designed to spy on and take over industrial equipment and control systems. Kaspersky lab is the worlds largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. Database of threats and vulnerabilities, containing data about vulnerabilities of software, a list and descriptions of threats. Based on the log files in stuxnet, a company called foolad technic was the first victim. The stuxnet worm set off a frenzy of speculation amongst. The worlds first known cyberweapon, the stuxnet worm, has the potential to unleash global mayhem. It has 400 million users around the world, including until very recently the american government, former mi5. The book includes previously undisclosed information about stuxnet. It was sent by an analyst from the iranian computer emergency response.
A couple of days ago, i received an email from iran. Newly discovered malware linked to stuxnet, flame the. An unprecedented look at stuxnet, the worlds first. Stuxnet also always sets the flags equal 11 or 3 and that means that the stuxnet file is encrypted and needs to be decrypted and that the driver must read and decrypt it and then allocate. The moscowbased kaspersky lab believes that though there. Kaspersky s analysis also concludes there was at least on other spyware module built on the same platform back in 2007 or 2008. This report is primarily intended to describe targeted and semitargeted attacks, and how they are implemented, focusing mainly on the most recent, namely stuxnet. If kaspersky s analysis is correct, it would indicate the flame platform was already up and running by the time the original stuxnet was created and set loose back in earlytomid 2009. And while you can find lots of websites that claim to have the stuxnet code available to download. Before they knew what targets stuxnet had been designed to go after, the researchers at kaspersky and other security firms began reverse engineering the code, picking up clues along the way.