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Schouwenberg was most impressed by stuxnets having performed not just one but four zeroday exploits, hacks that take advantage of vulnerabilities previously unknown to the whitehat community. Stuxnet is based on gibneys cyberwarfare documentary zero days, which came out in 2016 from showtime documentary films, and is the first time that the complete story of the phenomenon was. It concludes with discussion over followup cyber plan nitro zeus and the iran nuclear deal. Although the movie strays, a lot, into irans nuclear program and the historical basis of. We need laws for cyberweapons his latest documentary lays bare the story of the stuxnet worm, a groundbreaking virus jointly created by the us and israel. These types of exploits are called this because they give the users zero days notice before becoming active and implementing their attack. Stuxnet is incredibly sophisticatedit used four separate zeroday attacks including cve20102568 to infiltrate systems and was precision built. Jul 07, 2016 a pixelated whistleblower in zero days. Zero days is another cursory info dump from the insanely. For the first time, the film tells the complete story of stuxnet, a piece of selfreplicating computer malware known as a worm for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on its own that the u. Zero days official trailer 1 2016 stuxnet virus documentary hd. Jul 08, 2016 they detail how even in the world of hightech hacking, stuxnet was a unicorn, a lengthy, flawlessly crafted piece of code with multiple examples of what they call zero day exploits. It may be your first step to understanding the dangers created by cyberwarfare. Even though this movie is about geopolitics of the stuxnet virus, its one of a larger class of viruses that exploit an unknown vulnerability in software.
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Alex gibney traces the rise of the stuxnet worm and offers a brief history lesson on the evolution of cyberwarfare in the doc zero days. Zero days the stuxnet virus cyberattack launched by the u. Zero days ist ein dokumentarfilm des regisseurs alex gibney aus dem jahr 2016. Theyre hard to find, and they can only be used once. Zero days official movie site own it on dvd or digital hd. From academy awardwinning filmmaker alex gibney going clear. As the excerpt begins, its june 2009a year or so since stuxnet was first released, but still a year before. Scientology and the prison of belief, zero days tells the story of stuxnet. For people wanting to work back to 20th century cyber war, i suggest the hut sux story about. Zero days film tells the true story of the stuxnet cyber. The new screen savers 59 stuxnet and zero days the movie. Chilling zero days investigates the stuxnet virus and. Delve deep into the burgeoning world of digital warfare in this documentary thriller from academy award winning filmmaker alex gibney.
A fascinating new documentary film by alex gibney called zero days that premieres on friday tells the story of stuxnet, along with the frightening takeaway that, while this was the first cyber. Whats the story a documentary thriller about the world of cyberwar. A documentary focused on stuxnet, a piece of selfreplicating computer malware that the u. Along with the nine security bulletins released for patch tuesday, microsoft revealed that four additional zero days are used by the stuxnet worm, and two remain unpatched.
Jun 11, 2012 an early version of stuxnet dating back to 2009 contained executable code that targeted what was then an unknown security flaw in microsoft windows, a discovery that brings the number of zero day. Aimed to disrupt, degrade and destroy irans infrastructure, the program would mean a full scale cyber war, in the words of one expert, a war in. The man who found stuxnet sergey ulasen in the spotlight. The stuxnet virus infiltrated its predetermined target only to spread its infection outward, ultimately exposing systemic vulnerabilities that threatened the very safety of the planet. Delve deep into the burgeoning world of digital warfare in this. Zero days, gibneys latest effort, is essentially a twohour adaptation of wikipedias stuxnet entrythough gibney, to his credit, does succeed in unearthing one juicy new bit or perhaps byte of information, which was made public in the new york times literally the day prior to the films premiere at this years berlin. Stuxnet and the launch of the worlds first digital weapon. That program is a key part of irans nuclear weapons program as it enables iran to produce bomb grade uranium.
An early version of stuxnet dating back to 2009 contained executable code that targeted what was then an unknown security flaw in microsoft windows, a discovery that brings the number of. Stuxnet attackers used 4 windows zeroday exploits zdnet. Zero days is a 2016 american documentary film directed by alex gibney. Live tv is available in the 50 united states and the district of columbia only. Alex gibneys documentary tells the story of the malware that was designed to take out irans nuclear capability, and. Malware containing zeroday exploits, however, were special and got examined by hand. Documentary explores the cyberwar secrets of stuxnet. The documentary from alex gibney taxi to the dark side explores the stuxnet virus and finds secret, farreaching cyberwarfare. Find out why jack wallen highly recommends the film. Zero days would be worth seeing just for its account of the stuxnet operation, which boomerangs when israel pushes things too far, much to american dismay. Jul 12, 2017 in zero days, gibney provides a comprehensive overview of the stuxnet worma sophisticated piece of malware that, on june 17, 2010, was found by a belarus security expert on one of his client. Compatible device and highspeed, broadband internet connection required.
Hbo developing stuxnet drama based on alex gibneys zero. Jun 03, 2014 i began reading countdown to zero day thinking it would be a more detailed exploration of the stuxnet attack against the iranian uranium enrichment program. The film tells the story of stuxnet, selfreplicating computer malware known as a worm for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on its. A zero day also known as 0 day vulnerability is a computersoftware vulnerability that is unknown to, or unaddressed by, those who should be interested in mitigating the vulnerability including the vendor of the target software. Zero days film tells the true story of the stuxnet cyber weapon. A documentary thriller about the world of cyberwar. With david sanger, emad kiyaei, eric chien, liam omurchu. Stuxnet used an old movie trick to fool irans nuclear program. Alex gibneys new documentary, zero days, looks at the stuxnet worm a cyber weapon developed by the u. The movie briefly covers nsa analystturned whistleblower edward snowden and his escape from american authorities to hong kong and later to russia, after leaking classified information about global surveillance programs used by the american government to spy on people around the world and other nations activities.
Jul 18, 2016 zero days would be worth seeing just for its account of the stuxnet operation, which boomerangs when israel pushes things too far, much to american dismay, and iran does some cybermischief in the. Jan 12, 2017 and in his latest documentary, the fascinating and horrifying zero days, alex gibney the armstrong lie, mea maxima culpa. O murchu passed stuxnet to an engineer with no zeroday experience, thinking it would be a good opportunity to. Hbo developing stuxnet drama based on alex gibneys. A zeroday also known as 0day vulnerability is a computersoftware vulnerability that is unknown to, or unaddressed by, those who should be interested in mitigating the vulnerability including the. Oct 06, 2010 additionally, zero day exploits are valuable. Relevant to anyone interested in cyber security, war, foreign affairs, and election integrity.
Zero days documentary exposes a looming threat of the. Silence in the house of god tries to get people intelligence operatives, politicians, cyber experts, and others in the know to talk openly about stuxnet, but everyones lips are officially sealed. Alex gibneys 2016 documentary zero days covers the phenomenon around stuxnet. Stuxnet, secrecy and the new era of cyber war alex gibneys documentary tells the story of the malware that was designed to take out irans nuclear capability, and advocates. These are called zero day viruses and can be targeted at specific hardwarefirmware systems. Zero days covers the phenomenon surrounding the stuxnet computer virus and the development of the malware software known as olympic games. Marcus ranum, one of the early innovators of the computer firewall, called stuxnet a stone thrown by people who live in a glass house. Gibney talks to nprs ari shapiro about the film and the future of cyber. How digital detectives deciphered stuxnet, the most. This century is a time when digita security is a moving target. What is stuxnet, who created it and how does it work. Chilling zero days investigates the stuxnet virus and finds.
And in his latest documentary, the fascinating and horrifying zero days, alex gibney the armstrong lie, mea maxima culpa. It was selected to compete for the golden bear at the 66th berlin international film festival. These type of exploits can lie dormant without detection for long periods of time and are hypothesized to be able to crack almost. Nov 20, 20 stuxnet was allegedly jointly created by u. Jul 08, 2016 alex gibney on stuxnet film zero days. It is a fascinating, educational, and important read. We did see the threat get dramatically more aggressive, and the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, when they added the usb and zeroday.
Zero days is a documentary by oscarwinning filmmaker alex gibney about the cyberwarfare pandoras box that was opened with the stuxnet malware. Aimed to disrupt, degrade and destroy irans infrastructure, the program would mean a full scale cyber war, in the words of one expert, a war in which the u. Stuxnet is a form of virus known as a zero day exploit. Stuxnet is an extremely sophisticated computer worm that exploits multiple previously unknown windows zeroday vulnerabilities to infect computers and spread. Discovery of new zeroday exploit links developers of. Sep 15, 2010 along with the nine security bulletins released for patch tuesday, microsoft revealed that four additional zero days are used by the stuxnet worm, and two remain unpatched. Joe cirincione, huffington post a hightech espionage thriller and all the more thrilling for the story it tells being real. An unprecedented look at stuxnet, the worlds first digital.
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