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THE 'UNITED NATIONS' ENCOURAGED ARABS TO TAKE EXAMPLE OF IMAM ALI (A.S) -English
(There is a small typo of SPEACH instead of SPEECH in the video) THE 'UNITED NATIONS' ENCOURAGED ARABS TO TAKE EXAMPLE OF IMAM ALI (A.S)
♥For Allah sake, Open yr Hearts and See...
(There is a small typo of SPEACH instead of SPEECH in the video) THE 'UNITED NATIONS' ENCOURAGED ARABS TO TAKE EXAMPLE OF IMAM ALI (A.S)
♥For Allah sake, Open yr Hearts and See the TRUTH and feel the strenght of the "Art of Speach, the Balagah" of whom is the keeper of the "Knowledge" of our Prophet (saaw)♥
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(There is a small typo of SPEACH instead of SPEECH in the video) THE 'UNITED NATIONS' ENCOURAGED ARABS TO TAKE EXAMPLE OF IMAM ALI (A.S)
♥For Allah sake, Open yr Hearts and See the TRUTH and feel the strenght of the "Art of Speach, the Balagah" of whom is the keeper of the "Knowledge" of our Prophet (saaw)♥
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[15 July 2015] Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei slams US as Perfect Example Of arrogance - English
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution has urged all Iranians to be prepared to continue the fight against arrogant powers.
Speaking to a group of Iranian students, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali...
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution has urged all Iranians to be prepared to continue the fight against arrogant powers.
Speaking to a group of Iranian students, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the fight against global arrogance cannot be called off. The Leader stressed if there is no fight against arrogance, then the people won’t be true followers of the Quran. Ayatollah Khamenei made the comments in response to a question by a student who asked if the battle against arrogant powers will stop after a nuclear deal between Iran and the P-five-plus-one. The Leader also slammed the U-S as the perfect example of arrogance. Meanwhile, Ayatollah Khamenei spoke of the situation in Yemen. He strongly criticized the U-N for its silence towards Saudi Arabia’s unrelenting war on the impoverished country. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said he Security Council has issued only one resolution on Yemen in which it condemned those who are under the Saudi bombardment and not Riyadh, which bombards the Yemenis. Ayatollah Khamenei described it as one of the most disgraceful resolutions. The Leader added that Riyadh has been pounding Yemen for 100 days to take revenge against Iran over the country’s spiritual influence across the region. The Leader said the U-S officials and the quote-backward Arab governments admit to Iran’s wide spiritual presence in the region in their private talks.
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The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution has urged all Iranians to be prepared to continue the fight against arrogant powers.
Speaking to a group of Iranian students, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the fight against global arrogance cannot be called off. The Leader stressed if there is no fight against arrogance, then the people won’t be true followers of the Quran. Ayatollah Khamenei made the comments in response to a question by a student who asked if the battle against arrogant powers will stop after a nuclear deal between Iran and the P-five-plus-one. The Leader also slammed the U-S as the perfect example of arrogance. Meanwhile, Ayatollah Khamenei spoke of the situation in Yemen. He strongly criticized the U-N for its silence towards Saudi Arabia’s unrelenting war on the impoverished country. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said he Security Council has issued only one resolution on Yemen in which it condemned those who are under the Saudi bombardment and not Riyadh, which bombards the Yemenis. Ayatollah Khamenei described it as one of the most disgraceful resolutions. The Leader added that Riyadh has been pounding Yemen for 100 days to take revenge against Iran over the country’s spiritual influence across the region. The Leader said the U-S officials and the quote-backward Arab governments admit to Iran’s wide spiritual presence in the region in their private talks.
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[Clip] The True Meaning of Dua & the Example of Muslim Ibn Aqil | H.I Sayyid Sulayman Hasan
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The Human Emotion of Anger; Abbas\' Example of Control - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi | English
- Who is Abbas? What were his roles in life?
- Abbas is associated with courage and strength
- However, what is courage exactly?
- Discussing the attribute of the control over emotion
- Imam...
- Who is Abbas? What were his roles in life?
- Abbas is associated with courage and strength
- However, what is courage exactly?
- Discussing the attribute of the control over emotion
- Imam Ali\'s saying regarding the quality of restraint
- Discussing the natural human emotion of anger and how it fits into our life
- Anger in Islamic psychology based on the words of our 5th Imam
- Is anger evil?
- 3 stages of anger in Islam
- How does Allah describe and view anger?
- The need to be extra careful during COVID-19
- Long term management to deal with anger
- Short term management tips to deal with anger
- Abbas\'s perfect example of controlling emotion, especially anger
Wiladat of Hazrat Abbas
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: March 17th, 2021
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- Who is Abbas? What were his roles in life?
- Abbas is associated with courage and strength
- However, what is courage exactly?
- Discussing the attribute of the control over emotion
- Imam Ali\'s saying regarding the quality of restraint
- Discussing the natural human emotion of anger and how it fits into our life
- Anger in Islamic psychology based on the words of our 5th Imam
- Is anger evil?
- 3 stages of anger in Islam
- How does Allah describe and view anger?
- The need to be extra careful during COVID-19
- Long term management to deal with anger
- Short term management tips to deal with anger
- Abbas\'s perfect example of controlling emotion, especially anger
Wiladat of Hazrat Abbas
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: March 17th, 2021
Youtube: https://youtube.com/islamicentre
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Prophet Muhammad: The Perfect Example | Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei | Farsi Sub English
Our condolences to the believers all across the world upon the demise of the holy Messenger of Allah, the holy Prophet Muhammad (A).
What were some of the qualities and attributes of...
Our condolences to the believers all across the world upon the demise of the holy Messenger of Allah, the holy Prophet Muhammad (A).
What were some of the qualities and attributes of this great and highly esteemed Messenger of Allah?
And what were the manners in which the holy Prophet Muhammad (S) interacted with the people?
Was the Messenger of Allah removed from the people or was he among the people in their everyday lives?
And how did the holy Prophet Muhammad (S) behave towards the enemies of Islam?
Finally, what role did Duas and supplications have in the life of the holy Prophet (S), especially in the middle of the field of battle?
The Leader of the Muslim Ummah, Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei explains.
It\'s time to start following the perfect example.
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Our condolences to the believers all across the world upon the demise of the holy Messenger of Allah, the holy Prophet Muhammad (A).
What were some of the qualities and attributes of this great and highly esteemed Messenger of Allah?
And what were the manners in which the holy Prophet Muhammad (S) interacted with the people?
Was the Messenger of Allah removed from the people or was he among the people in their everyday lives?
And how did the holy Prophet Muhammad (S) behave towards the enemies of Islam?
Finally, what role did Duas and supplications have in the life of the holy Prophet (S), especially in the middle of the field of battle?
The Leader of the Muslim Ummah, Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei explains.
It\'s time to start following the perfect example.
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(16February2023) Mab'ath, a Fine Example To Follow | Sayyid Amir Behbahani | Celebrating The Eid al-Mab'ath | English
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واقعہ کربلا امام حسین اور نماز:مولانا طارق جمیل Waqia Karbala - Urdu
واقعہ کربلا امام حسین اور نماز:مولانا طارق جمیل Waqia Karbala - Urdu
A Sunni Scholar Who is addressing on Importance of Namaz, by Giving Example of Imam...
واقعہ کربلا امام حسین اور نماز:مولانا طارق جمیل Waqia Karbala - Urdu
A Sunni Scholar Who is addressing on Importance of Namaz, by Giving Example of Imam Hussain as Shahadat
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واقعہ کربلا امام حسین اور نماز:مولانا طارق جمیل Waqia Karbala - Urdu
A Sunni Scholar Who is addressing on Importance of Namaz, by Giving Example of Imam Hussain as Shahadat
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[24 Feb 2014] The Debate - U.S. Policy Shift in Syria (P.1) - English
On the war on Syria: is there a policy shift from the US? Take for example, what US national security advisor, Susan Rice has said: The White House is currently revisiting both old and new options...
On the war on Syria: is there a policy shift from the US? Take for example, what US national security advisor, Susan Rice has said: The White House is currently revisiting both old and new options on how best to approach the Syrian crisis, saying it could become a breeding ground for terrorists, fearing its fragmentation, with the ouster of Bashar al-Assad no longer the number one priority. In this edition of the debate, we\'ll discuss why this policy shift, whether it has any connection to Saudi Arabia\'s new appointment of the Syrian file, Prince Nayef, and how reverting to fighting terrorism as a priority sounds a lot like what the Syrian govt. delegation said at the failed Geneva 2 talks. Or is this a possible sign of US military intervention?
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On the war on Syria: is there a policy shift from the US? Take for example, what US national security advisor, Susan Rice has said: The White House is currently revisiting both old and new options on how best to approach the Syrian crisis, saying it could become a breeding ground for terrorists, fearing its fragmentation, with the ouster of Bashar al-Assad no longer the number one priority. In this edition of the debate, we\'ll discuss why this policy shift, whether it has any connection to Saudi Arabia\'s new appointment of the Syrian file, Prince Nayef, and how reverting to fighting terrorism as a priority sounds a lot like what the Syrian govt. delegation said at the failed Geneva 2 talks. Or is this a possible sign of US military intervention?
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[24 Feb 2014] The Debate - U.S. Policy Shift in Syria (P.2) - English
On the war on Syria: is there a policy shift from the US? Take for example, what US national security advisor, Susan Rice has said: The White House is currently revisiting both old and new options...
On the war on Syria: is there a policy shift from the US? Take for example, what US national security advisor, Susan Rice has said: The White House is currently revisiting both old and new options on how best to approach the Syrian crisis, saying it could become a breeding ground for terrorists, fearing its fragmentation, with the ouster of Bashar al-Assad no longer the number one priority. In this edition of the debate, we\'ll discuss why this policy shift, whether it has any connection to Saudi Arabia\'s new appointment of the Syrian file, Prince Nayef, and how reverting to fighting terrorism as a priority sounds a lot like what the Syrian govt. delegation said at the failed Geneva 2 talks. Or is this a possible sign of US military intervention?
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On the war on Syria: is there a policy shift from the US? Take for example, what US national security advisor, Susan Rice has said: The White House is currently revisiting both old and new options on how best to approach the Syrian crisis, saying it could become a breeding ground for terrorists, fearing its fragmentation, with the ouster of Bashar al-Assad no longer the number one priority. In this edition of the debate, we\'ll discuss why this policy shift, whether it has any connection to Saudi Arabia\'s new appointment of the Syrian file, Prince Nayef, and how reverting to fighting terrorism as a priority sounds a lot like what the Syrian govt. delegation said at the failed Geneva 2 talks. Or is this a possible sign of US military intervention?
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The Miracle of the Islamic Revolution | Farsi Sub English
The Miracle of the Islamic Revolution
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei highlights a unique aspect of the Islamic Revolution. He gave the example of Martyr Hasan Baqeri - an...
The Miracle of the Islamic Revolution
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei highlights a unique aspect of the Islamic Revolution. He gave the example of Martyr Hasan Baqeri - an extraordinarily outstanding personality. Let\'s hear what the Sacred Defense turned him into. The Leader speaks.
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The Miracle of the Islamic Revolution
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei highlights a unique aspect of the Islamic Revolution. He gave the example of Martyr Hasan Baqeri - an extraordinarily outstanding personality. Let\'s hear what the Sacred Defense turned him into. The Leader speaks.
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The Sacred Defence: A Treasure | Leader of the Islamic Revolution | Farsi Sub English
The Sacred Defence: A Treasure | Leader of the Islamic Revolution
The Sacred Defence is a prime example of how a threat transformed into an opportunity for the Islamic Republic of Iran. The...
The Sacred Defence: A Treasure | Leader of the Islamic Revolution
The Sacred Defence is a prime example of how a threat transformed into an opportunity for the Islamic Republic of Iran. The enemy enforced this war on Iran through Saddam; many innocent lives were lost but the blood of the martyrs seeped into the roots of this divine revolution - resulting in its tremendous growth. Today, this becomes a role model for all the other nations.
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The Sacred Defence: A Treasure | Leader of the Islamic Revolution
The Sacred Defence is a prime example of how a threat transformed into an opportunity for the Islamic Republic of Iran. The enemy enforced this war on Iran through Saddam; many innocent lives were lost but the blood of the martyrs seeped into the roots of this divine revolution - resulting in its tremendous growth. Today, this becomes a role model for all the other nations.
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Victory against the Arrogant Powers | Farsi Sub English
Some argue that the progress of any country is not possible if the world's arrogant and oppressive powers are against that country. This narrative is simply a hoax! The prime example to prove this...
Some argue that the progress of any country is not possible if the world's arrogant and oppressive powers are against that country. This narrative is simply a hoax! The prime example to prove this is the past 40 years of the continuous progress and development of the Islamic Republic of Iran despite all the challenges posed against it by the Pharaohs of today. Today, the System of Wilayat al-Faqih stands tall against all the oppressive systems of the world.
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Some argue that the progress of any country is not possible if the world's arrogant and oppressive powers are against that country. This narrative is simply a hoax! The prime example to prove this is the past 40 years of the continuous progress and development of the Islamic Republic of Iran despite all the challenges posed against it by the Pharaohs of today. Today, the System of Wilayat al-Faqih stands tall against all the oppressive systems of the world.
#LongLiveIslamicRepublic
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[88] Their Example Is That Of The Dog | Ayatollah Misbah-Yazdi | Farsi Sub English
What must one do if they want to attain the prosperous and everlasting life?
What should be one\\\'s view regarding the materialistic world?
And what should be one\\\'s view regarding the...
What must one do if they want to attain the prosperous and everlasting life?
What should be one\\\'s view regarding the materialistic world?
And what should be one\\\'s view regarding the Hereafter?
What happens to an individual when the love for Allah is placed within their heart?
What is the story of Bal\\\'am Ba\\\'oor that has been stated in the Qur\\\'an and what are the verses that are related to his story?
Finally, and quite shockingly, is it even possible that a situation may arise where Allah says about an individual that \\\"Their Example Is That Of The Dog\\\"?
The late Ayatollah Misbah-Yazdi (R) provides us with a short, but profound lesson on the basics of loving Allah.
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What must one do if they want to attain the prosperous and everlasting life?
What should be one\\\'s view regarding the materialistic world?
And what should be one\\\'s view regarding the Hereafter?
What happens to an individual when the love for Allah is placed within their heart?
What is the story of Bal\\\'am Ba\\\'oor that has been stated in the Qur\\\'an and what are the verses that are related to his story?
Finally, and quite shockingly, is it even possible that a situation may arise where Allah says about an individual that \\\"Their Example Is That Of The Dog\\\"?
The late Ayatollah Misbah-Yazdi (R) provides us with a short, but profound lesson on the basics of loving Allah.
#Islam #QomTv #Misbah_Yazdi #Akhlaq #Love #Allah #Concepts #Beliefs #Salvation #Spirituality #Shia
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Hajj Abolishes All Kinds of Discrimination | Leader of the Muslim Ummah | Farsi Sub English
Does Islam accept any kind of discrimination?
What are some specific discriminations listed by Imam Khamenei that Islam doesn't accept?
And are the 'civilized' countries of the world, truly...
Does Islam accept any kind of discrimination?
What are some specific discriminations listed by Imam Khamenei that Islam doesn't accept?
And are the 'civilized' countries of the world, truly civilized?
What are just a few of the discriminations that are taking place in the 'civilized' world?
Finally, what is a practical example of how Islam has been able to break and move past the various discriminations present in the world?
The Leader of the Muslim Ummah, Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei, answers and speaks about how "Hajj Abolishes All Kinds of Discrimination".
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What are just a few of the discriminations that are taking place in the 'civilized' world?
Finally, what is a practical example of how Islam has been able to break and move past the various discriminations present in the world?
The Leader of the Muslim Ummah, Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei, answers and speaks about how "Hajj Abolishes All Kinds of Discrimination".
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Cracking Stuxnet - A 21st-century cyber weapon against Iran - Ralph Langner - English
When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and...
When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead's final target -- and its covert origins. In a fascinating look inside cyber-forensics, he explains how.
The idea behind the Stuxnet computer worm is actually quite simple. We don't want Iran to get the Bomb. Their major asset for developing nuclear weapons is the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. The gray boxes that you see, these are real-time control systems. Now if we manage to compromise these systems that control drive speeds and valves, we can actually cause a lot of problems with the centrifuge. The gray boxes don't run Windows software; they are a completely different technology. But if we manage to place a good Windows virus on a notebook that is used by a maintenance engineer to configure this gray box, then we are in business. And this is the plot behind Stuxnet.
So we start with a Windows dropper. The payload goes onto the gray box, damages the centrifuge, and the Iranian nuclear program is delayed -- mission accomplished. That's easy, huh? I want to tell you how we found that out. When we started our research on Stuxnet six months ago, it was completely unknown what the purpose of this thing was. The only thing that was known is very, very complex on the Windows part, the dropper part, used multiple zero-day vulnerabilities. And it seemed to want to do something with these gray boxes, these real-time control systems. So that got our attention, and we started a lab project where we infected our environment with Stuxnet and checked this thing out. And then some very funny things happened. Stuxnet behaved like a lab rat that didn't like our cheese -- sniffed, but didn't want to eat. Didn't make sense to me. And after we experimented with different flavors of cheese, I realized, well, this is a directed attack. It's completely directed. The dropper is prowling actively on the gray box if a specific configuration is found, and even if the actual program that it's trying to infect is actually running on that target. And if not, Stuxnet does nothing.
So that really got my attention, and we started to work on this nearly around the clock, because I thought, well, we don't know what the target is. It could be, let's say for example, a U.S. power plant, or a chemical plant in Germany. So we better find out what the target is soon. So we extracted and decompiled the attack code, and we discovered that it's structured in two digital bombs -- a smaller one and a bigger one. And we also saw that they are very professionally engineered by people who obviously had all insider information. They knew all the bits and bites that they had to attack. They probably even know the shoe size of the operator. So they know everything.
And if you have heard that the dropper of Stuxnet is complex and high-tech, let me tell you this: the payload is rocket science. It's way above everything that we have ever seen before. Here you see a sample of this actual attack code. We are talking about -- round about 15,000 lines of code. Looks pretty much like old-style assembly language. And I want to tell you how we were able to make sense out of this code. So what we were looking for is first of all is system function calls, because we know what they do.
And then we were looking for timers and data structures and trying to relate them to the real world -- to potential real world targets. So we do need target theories that we can prove or disprove. In order to get target theories, we remember that it's definitely hardcore sabotage, it must be a high-value target, and it is most likely located in Iran, because that's where most of the infections had been reported. Now you don't find several thousand targets in that area. It basically boils down to the Bushehr nuclear power plant and to the Natanz fuel enrichment plant.
So I told my assistant, "Get me a list of all centrifuge and power plant experts from our client base." And I phoned them up and picked their brain in an effort to match their expertise with what we found in code and data. And that worked pretty well. So we were able to associate the small digital warhead with the rotor control. The rotor is that moving part within the centrifuge, that black object that you see. And if you manipulate the speed of this rotor, you are actually able to crack the rotor and eventually even have the centrifuge explode. What we also saw is that the goal of the attack was really to do it slowly and creepy -- obviously in an effort to drive maintenance engineers crazy, that they would not be able to figure this out quickly.
The big digital warhead -- we had a shot at this by looking very closely at data and data structures. So for example, the number 164 really stands out in that code; you can't overlook it. I started to research scientific literature on how these centrifuges are actually built in Natanz and found they are structured in what is called a cascade, and each cascade holds 164 centrifuges. So that made sense, it was a match.
And it even got better. These centrifuges in Iran are subdivided into 15, what is called, stages. And guess what we found in the attack code? An almost identical structure. So again, that was a real good match. And this gave us very high confidence for what we were looking at. Now don't get me wrong here, it didn't go like this. These results have been obtained over several weeks of really hard labor. And we often went into just a dead-end and had to recover.
Anyway, so we figured out that both digital warheads were actually aiming at one and the same target, but from different angles. The small warhead is taking one cascade, and spinning up the rotors and slowing them down, and the big warhead is talking to six cascades and manipulating valves. So in all, we are very confident that we have actually determined what the target is. It is Natanz, and it is only Natanz. So we don't have to worry that other targets might be hit by Stuxnet.
Here's some very cool stuff that we saw -- really knocked my socks off. Down there is the gray box, and on the top you see the centrifuges. Now what this thing does is it intercepts the input values from sensors -- so for example, from pressure sensors and vibration sensors -- and it provides legitimate code, which is still running during the attack, with fake input data. And as a matter of fact, this fake input data is actually prerecorded by Stuxnet. So it's just like from the Hollywood movies where during the heist, the observation camera is fed with prerecorded video. That's cool, huh?
The idea here is obviously not only to fool the operators in the control room. It actually is much more dangerous and aggressive. The idea is to circumvent a digital safety system. We need digital safety systems where a human operator could not act quick enough. So for example, in a power plant, when your big steam turbine gets too over speed, you must open relief valves within a millisecond. Obviously, this cannot be done by a human operator. So this is where we need digital safety systems. And when they are compromised, then real bad things can happen. Your plant can blow up. And neither your operators nor your safety system will notice it. That's scary.
But it gets worse. And this is very important, what I'm going to say. Think about this. This attack is generic. It doesn't have anything to do, in specifics, with centrifuges, with uranium enrichment. So it would work as well, for example, in a power plant or in an automobile factory. It is generic. And you don't have -- as an attacker -- you don't have to deliver this payload by a USB stick, as we saw it in the case of Stuxnet. You could also use conventional worm technology for spreading. Just spread it as wide as possible. And if you do that, what you end up with is a cyber weapon of mass destruction. That's the consequence that we have to face. So unfortunately, the biggest number of targets for such attacks are not in the Middle East. They're in the United States and Europe and in Japan. So all of the green areas, these are your target-rich environments. We have to face the consequences, and we better start to prepare right now.
Thanks.
(Applause)
Chris Anderson: I've got a question. Ralph, it's been quite widely reported that people assume that Mossad is the main entity behind this. Is that your opinion?
Ralph Langner: Okay, you really want to hear that? Yeah. Okay. My opinion is that the Mossad is involved, but that the leading force is not Israel. So the leading force behind that is the cyber superpower. There is only one, and that's the United States -- fortunately, fortunately. Because otherwise, our problems would even be bigger.
CA: Thank you for scaring the living daylights out of us. Thank you Ralph.
(Applause)
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When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead's final target -- and its covert origins. In a fascinating look inside cyber-forensics, he explains how.
The idea behind the Stuxnet computer worm is actually quite simple. We don't want Iran to get the Bomb. Their major asset for developing nuclear weapons is the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. The gray boxes that you see, these are real-time control systems. Now if we manage to compromise these systems that control drive speeds and valves, we can actually cause a lot of problems with the centrifuge. The gray boxes don't run Windows software; they are a completely different technology. But if we manage to place a good Windows virus on a notebook that is used by a maintenance engineer to configure this gray box, then we are in business. And this is the plot behind Stuxnet.
So we start with a Windows dropper. The payload goes onto the gray box, damages the centrifuge, and the Iranian nuclear program is delayed -- mission accomplished. That's easy, huh? I want to tell you how we found that out. When we started our research on Stuxnet six months ago, it was completely unknown what the purpose of this thing was. The only thing that was known is very, very complex on the Windows part, the dropper part, used multiple zero-day vulnerabilities. And it seemed to want to do something with these gray boxes, these real-time control systems. So that got our attention, and we started a lab project where we infected our environment with Stuxnet and checked this thing out. And then some very funny things happened. Stuxnet behaved like a lab rat that didn't like our cheese -- sniffed, but didn't want to eat. Didn't make sense to me. And after we experimented with different flavors of cheese, I realized, well, this is a directed attack. It's completely directed. The dropper is prowling actively on the gray box if a specific configuration is found, and even if the actual program that it's trying to infect is actually running on that target. And if not, Stuxnet does nothing.
So that really got my attention, and we started to work on this nearly around the clock, because I thought, well, we don't know what the target is. It could be, let's say for example, a U.S. power plant, or a chemical plant in Germany. So we better find out what the target is soon. So we extracted and decompiled the attack code, and we discovered that it's structured in two digital bombs -- a smaller one and a bigger one. And we also saw that they are very professionally engineered by people who obviously had all insider information. They knew all the bits and bites that they had to attack. They probably even know the shoe size of the operator. So they know everything.
And if you have heard that the dropper of Stuxnet is complex and high-tech, let me tell you this: the payload is rocket science. It's way above everything that we have ever seen before. Here you see a sample of this actual attack code. We are talking about -- round about 15,000 lines of code. Looks pretty much like old-style assembly language. And I want to tell you how we were able to make sense out of this code. So what we were looking for is first of all is system function calls, because we know what they do.
And then we were looking for timers and data structures and trying to relate them to the real world -- to potential real world targets. So we do need target theories that we can prove or disprove. In order to get target theories, we remember that it's definitely hardcore sabotage, it must be a high-value target, and it is most likely located in Iran, because that's where most of the infections had been reported. Now you don't find several thousand targets in that area. It basically boils down to the Bushehr nuclear power plant and to the Natanz fuel enrichment plant.
So I told my assistant, "Get me a list of all centrifuge and power plant experts from our client base." And I phoned them up and picked their brain in an effort to match their expertise with what we found in code and data. And that worked pretty well. So we were able to associate the small digital warhead with the rotor control. The rotor is that moving part within the centrifuge, that black object that you see. And if you manipulate the speed of this rotor, you are actually able to crack the rotor and eventually even have the centrifuge explode. What we also saw is that the goal of the attack was really to do it slowly and creepy -- obviously in an effort to drive maintenance engineers crazy, that they would not be able to figure this out quickly.
The big digital warhead -- we had a shot at this by looking very closely at data and data structures. So for example, the number 164 really stands out in that code; you can't overlook it. I started to research scientific literature on how these centrifuges are actually built in Natanz and found they are structured in what is called a cascade, and each cascade holds 164 centrifuges. So that made sense, it was a match.
And it even got better. These centrifuges in Iran are subdivided into 15, what is called, stages. And guess what we found in the attack code? An almost identical structure. So again, that was a real good match. And this gave us very high confidence for what we were looking at. Now don't get me wrong here, it didn't go like this. These results have been obtained over several weeks of really hard labor. And we often went into just a dead-end and had to recover.
Anyway, so we figured out that both digital warheads were actually aiming at one and the same target, but from different angles. The small warhead is taking one cascade, and spinning up the rotors and slowing them down, and the big warhead is talking to six cascades and manipulating valves. So in all, we are very confident that we have actually determined what the target is. It is Natanz, and it is only Natanz. So we don't have to worry that other targets might be hit by Stuxnet.
Here's some very cool stuff that we saw -- really knocked my socks off. Down there is the gray box, and on the top you see the centrifuges. Now what this thing does is it intercepts the input values from sensors -- so for example, from pressure sensors and vibration sensors -- and it provides legitimate code, which is still running during the attack, with fake input data. And as a matter of fact, this fake input data is actually prerecorded by Stuxnet. So it's just like from the Hollywood movies where during the heist, the observation camera is fed with prerecorded video. That's cool, huh?
The idea here is obviously not only to fool the operators in the control room. It actually is much more dangerous and aggressive. The idea is to circumvent a digital safety system. We need digital safety systems where a human operator could not act quick enough. So for example, in a power plant, when your big steam turbine gets too over speed, you must open relief valves within a millisecond. Obviously, this cannot be done by a human operator. So this is where we need digital safety systems. And when they are compromised, then real bad things can happen. Your plant can blow up. And neither your operators nor your safety system will notice it. That's scary.
But it gets worse. And this is very important, what I'm going to say. Think about this. This attack is generic. It doesn't have anything to do, in specifics, with centrifuges, with uranium enrichment. So it would work as well, for example, in a power plant or in an automobile factory. It is generic. And you don't have -- as an attacker -- you don't have to deliver this payload by a USB stick, as we saw it in the case of Stuxnet. You could also use conventional worm technology for spreading. Just spread it as wide as possible. And if you do that, what you end up with is a cyber weapon of mass destruction. That's the consequence that we have to face. So unfortunately, the biggest number of targets for such attacks are not in the Middle East. They're in the United States and Europe and in Japan. So all of the green areas, these are your target-rich environments. We have to face the consequences, and we better start to prepare right now.
Thanks.
(Applause)
Chris Anderson: I've got a question. Ralph, it's been quite widely reported that people assume that Mossad is the main entity behind this. Is that your opinion?
Ralph Langner: Okay, you really want to hear that? Yeah. Okay. My opinion is that the Mossad is involved, but that the leading force is not Israel. So the leading force behind that is the cyber superpower. There is only one, and that's the United States -- fortunately, fortunately. Because otherwise, our problems would even be bigger.
CA: Thank you for scaring the living daylights out of us. Thank you Ralph.
(Applause)