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Image via Wikipedia By now, you've probably heard of Stuxnet, the mysterious computer worm that infects Windows computers running software designed by Siemens, the German industrial giant. The software, Simatic WinCC, is what's known as a SCADA system -- "supervisory control and data acquisition" -- and it's used to help run everything from traffic systems and pipelines to nuclear plants. Siemens has known about Stuxnet for some time, and has been tracing the worm's spread on its website. In July 2010, the company knew of only one industrial facility affected. By September 7, it was reporting that 15 systems had been hit worldwide. (The worm was first discovered in June by VirusBlokAda, a little-known Belarussian security firm.) For months, the discussion about the virus stayed within the cybersecurity community, but once speculation began to mount that it was aimed at Iran's nuclear facilities, the news went, er, viral. Amid the uproar last week, Ira...

Image via Wikipedia Melihat kembali pada bulan Juni lalu, perusahaan keamanan menemukan worm Stuxnet di beberapa computer dari Iran. Stuxnet dipercaya telah menginfeksi sekitar 100 ribu computer di seluruh dunia, dan ingin menganggu program nuklir Iran. Setidaknya 60% computer yang berhubungan dengan program nuklir tersebut sudah terinfeksi Stuxnet. Laporan dari Wired, worm Stuxnet  dirancang untuk menyerang sistem PLC atau otomatis kontrol pabrik buatan Siemen. Alat Simatic WinCC Scada menjadi target virus ini, dimana alat tersebut berfungsi mengatur semua perlatan pabrik bekerja secara otomatis. Seorang analisis teknologi dari GSMK mengatakan kepada Bloomber. Membuat worm Stuxnet setidaknya butuh dana 3 juta dollar dan membutuhkan 10 programer dalam waktu 6 bulan.