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fromThe Hacker News
5 days agoResearchers Uncover Pre-Stuxnet 'fast16' Malware Targeting Engineering Software
A new Lua-based malware, fast16, predates Stuxnet and targets high-precision calculation software for cyber sabotage.
The reported wiper attack ... may represent a similar dynamic, an early signal of activity that could expand beyond a single target. Organizations need to assume that attackers will gain a foothold and focus on proactively shutting down the attack paths adversaries rely on to escalate privileges, move laterally and expand their impact.
I do not think we truly appreciate how disruptive, how devastating, this could be "That's one phone network not working for less than one day," he said. "Imagine the implications if a nation state took down all the networks? Or turned off the power during a heatwave? Or polluted our drinking water? Or crippled our financial system?"