Weapons software for cyberwar
An article in Businessweek gives in-depth look at the first wave of new start-ups selling weapons information. The story describes the evolution of the defense industry in response to a wave of attacks against Google, The Pentagon, the IMF and thousands of businesses. And’ something very disturbing, especially considering that these new weapons are not available to all.
Cyber attacks are usually silenced and are discovered only after a long time that has happened because the fact the countries or companies that have been affected usually refused to discuss the incident. Last year, for example, Google ( GOOG ) China accused of spying on the company's workers and customers. It was said then that at least other 20 companies have been victims of the same attack, dubbed Operation Aurora by security firm McAfee( INTC ). Adobe Systems have also been affected ( ADBE ) , Juniper Networks ( JNPR ) , e Morgan Stanley ( MS ) . F. Joel Brenner, counterintelligence chief of the United States until 2009, says that the same operation that pulled Aurora has caused many victims over several years. “It would be fair to say that at least 2.000 companies have been affected”, Brenner says.
Dozens of other companies, ranging from Lockheed Martin ( LMT ) and Intel ( INTC ) Indian Defense Ministry to, the International Monetary Fund, e il Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have suffered similar attacks. Earlier this year, hackers broke into computer networks from RSA (EMC) , a security company that “trade” protects computers from other companies. They stole some of the most valuable computer codes in the world, algorithms behind RSA SecurID, a product used by U.S. government agencies, defense contractors, and the big banks to prevent piracy. And ‘the combination was like stealing the master of every casino in Las Vegas. This month, the Pentagon has revealed that they were stolen as well 24.000 files on the computers of a defense contractor.
One of the most famous incidents of cyber-war is the one that involved the worm Stuxnet. Last year, Stuxnet-whose existence was reported by bloggers security expert Brian Krebs, appeared in dozens of countries, affects the so-called PLC , essential that industrial computers for large factories. Stuxnet was designed to harm only the controllers of uranium fuel in a nuclear facility in Iran. People who say that Stuxnet analyzed the attack was put into a pen drive and a Windows PC that was connected to the centrifuge. The worm then ordered the machine to spin too fast and ultimately is self-destructed. While all this was happening, Stuxnet has remained hidden from the Iranian plant technicians. The worm has turned off all the alarms and wrote in the records that the centrifuges were operating well.
Are Marco Bruni I live in San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) and a C # Developer, .NET, Java, Php, Python and Wordpress. I'm also a Windows and Linux systems, and IT Consultant. This has always been my passion with me and also my work 20 years. 
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