Stuxnet was an extremely sophisticated zero-day exploits. As reported on Firstpost.com, Kim Zetter of Wired says, zero-day exploits are extremely rare. When analysing Stuxnet, she said, “Out of more than 12 million pieces of malware that antivirus researchers discover each year, fewer than a dozen use a zero-day exploit.” This is quite literally the secret weapon in a hacker’s arsenal.
This is truely amaxing to me. It’s like the Cyberterrorism we see in the movies.
Phishing scams send out millions of malware-laden messages because it costs nothing and the gullible will still number in the thousands. Somephishing scams are targeted, and security researchers refer to them as spear phishing. Spear phishingattacks …
I believe, as many do, Cyberterrorism will be the primary vehicle of terrorism in the future.
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