THE VIDEO SHELF · stuxnet malware analysis
Ralph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
In an 11-minute TED talk, Ralph Langner explains how his team reverse-engineered the Stuxnet worm and worked out that it targeted industrial control systems, with a covert state origin. It is a compact look at cyber-forensics.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points people to it as the short, accessible account of how Stuxnet was dissected, usually when Stuxnet or state-sponsored malware comes up.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TED
- Topic
- stuxnet malware analysis
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2021
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From the original HN conversations
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Watch these in this order: [LINK] - brief overview great animation [VIDEO] - ted talk on stux [LINK] detailed analysis of stuxnet the last one is long and Bruce appears to be an arrogant prick, but it is clear - cyber war has been here …
phlux on Hacker News · 2011-06
In Stuxnet Virus Weapon Now Being Sold On The Black MarketPSY-OP MOTHERFUCKER, CAN YOU HACK IT?! This is NOT script kiddies going at it, this is bio-stux.... See the following: Watch these in this order: [LINK] - brief overview great animation [VIDEO] - ted talk on stux [LINK] . detailed analysis of stuxnet the last …
phlux on Hacker News · 2011-06
In LulzSec releases trove of AZ law enforcement documentsI assume we are going to see a complicated and interesting dissection a la Stuxnet? The Stuxnet TED talk [0] was really interesting, I ended up giving a talk to my department at work afterwards. [0] - [VIDEO]
vecinu on Hacker News · 2012-05
In Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
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