Shankar Ananth Asokan

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Stuxnet – The New Generation Control Systems Computer Worm

Sep 29, 2010

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Shankar Ananth Asokan

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Stuxnet is a Windows-specific computer worm first discovered in June 2010 by VirusBlokAda, a security firm based in Belarus. It is the first discovered worm that spies on and reprograms industrial systems. It was specifically written to attack Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems used to control and monitor industrial processes.Stuxnet includes the capability…
Chinese Vegetarian

Dec 24, 2009

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Shankar Ananth Asokan

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My first visit to China was short and all I could risk to enjoy local experience was to take the local train instead of an boring taxi. I wrote down the hotel address “Hotel Regent, 99 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100005, China” on a piece of paper and started from office along with my…