To read about stuxnet was most fascinating, too bad i don't know which link that was. Even the way it spread was engineered down to the T.
About locking down machines, it's fairly easy though to control access to apps on a machine with linux at its base. Set up something simpler like a plain WM, not a full blown DE like gnome (IceWM for example) Limit menu choices, should be easy to keep a work PC a work PC. Funny thought "Sorry Sir, i didn't hear my alarm this morning, my android watch somehow got a virus which deleted all data."...I need to not use that watch for my alarm... On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > >>stuxnet worm > > Ha ha.. no. I used to work for Siemens and am familiar with the controls > that were affected by stuxnet. It was extremely well targeted at a > particular PC control system that had to be connected to a particular PLC > model.. the virus identified the hardware and reported back to a central > command and then tweaked the software in the PLC to overspeed the > centrifuges via a specific VFD drive that was attached, while suppressing > process alarms. Very, very elaborate. Whoever did that must have spent > man-years worth of time developing that virus. Stuxnet did hit some > refineries though as that PC based system was very popular in process > control plants. But I think most of the other infections were not a real > problem, just mega embarrassing to Siemens. > > Dave > > > > On 3/12/2012 8:26 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > > Peter Blodow wrote: > > > >> Jon, > >> on the other hand: I once had to scare the boys in the workshop away > >> from the € 300,000 Deckel-Gildemeister maching center because they were, > >> indeed, watching a pirate movie in the CNC mill's LCD screen in the noon > >> break... > >> > >> > > Ummm, there ought to be a way to disable the browser, or at least disable > > the movie media players! Shhesh, hope it doesn't have Siemens controls, > > aren't they the subject of the stuxnet worm? > > > > Jon > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
