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Byres Security Acquired by Belden: Message from the Founders


Today is a big news day for Byres Security Inc. (BSI), as we are announcing that our company has been acquired by Belden Inc.

 

We (Joann Byres and Eric Byres) are writing this article to let you know what the future has in store for us, and for our company.


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Stuxnet Mitigation Matrix Updated


Stuxnet Mitigation Matrix Updated
 
This is a short note to let you know that we have updated our Stuxnet Mitigation Matrix to version 1.1, based on feedback from our readers.
 
The new version addresses the need to test and/or confirm all mitigations, including firewalling the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol.

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Stuxnet Mitigation Matrix


Our goal with this blog is to provide you with practical information to help you avoid network incidents that disrupt operations.

 

With this in mind, today we are releasing a Stuxnet Mitigation Matrix that presents easy-to-follow actions to take against Stuxnet.

 


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No Silver Bullet for Stuxnet / Siemens WinCC Malware - White Paper


Last week, Rick Kaun in his blog “[In]security Culture”, blasted the “security vendors” who were claiming that if the ICS/SCADA world used their offering, we would have avoided the whole Stuxnet mess.


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The Stuxnet Mystery Continues


I have just come back from three very interesting presentations by Symantec, Microsoft and Kaspersky Labs at the Virus Bulletin 2010 conference.


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The Amazing Mr. Stuxnet


Week after week, the Stuxnet worm continues to amuse and astound all of us that have studied it. Last week it was Ralph Langner’s detailed analysis that showed Stuxnet wasn’t just infecting Windows boxes and stealing data, it was specifically designed to modify PLC logic so it could destroy a physical process.


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Stuxnet - I was wrong


Back in July when Stuxnet first became public, I wrote in our Siemens PCS7 WinCC Malware White Paper and told anyone that would listen that Stuxnet was targeted at stealing intellectual property from process systems.


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Why Stuxnet Affects All Windows Systems


If you have been reading the various advisories on the Stuxnet malware, you would be forgiven for thinking that only computers running relatively new versions of the Windows systems are vulnerable to this worm.


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Why Another Security Blog? Stuxnet Shows Why.


Over the past half decade I have avoided creating blog on cyber security.  After all, there certainly are plenty of blogs out there, and some provide excellent and detailed analysis of the latest news in SCADA security.

 


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