Analyzing the Stuxnet Worm and Its Cybersecurity Implications

Research-Paper

CSIA 301

09/21/2014

Research Paper

Stuxnet worm

Analyzing the Stuxnet Worm and Its Cybersecurity Implications

The Stuxnet worm was first discovered in June 2010 and has since been labeled the most complex weapon in cyber warfare to dayto date. Norton Symantec stated “It’s like nothing we’ve seen before – both in what it does, and how it came to exist. It is the first computer virus to be able to wreak havoc in the physical world (The Stuxnet Worm, 2011)” The Stuxnet worm is A form of malware, e or malicious software, that has over 1500 lines of code embedded in it, the Stuxnet. This worm can has the ability to infect computer systems that…