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Zero Days

One of the things that surprised us was that Stuxnet utilized what's called a zero-day...

One of the things that surprised us was that Stuxnet utilized what's called a zero-day exploit, or basically, a piece of code that allows it to spread without you having to do anything

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One of the things that surprised us
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was that Stuxnet utilized what's called
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a zero-day exploit, or basically,
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a piece of code that allows it to spread
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without you having to do anything.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:09
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
A zero-day exploit is an exploit that - Zero Days 00:06
A zero-day exploit is an exploit that
There's been zero days protection, - Zero Days 00:06
There's been zero days protection,
That's what attackers value, - Zero Days 00:09
That's what attackers value,
You can sell these on the underground - Zero Days 00:05
You can sell these on the underground
Chien: Then we became more worried - Zero Days 00:05
Chien: Then we became more worried
Inside Stuxnet we had, you know, four zero days, - Zero Days 00:09
Inside Stuxnet we had, you know, four zero days,
Seeing one in a malware you could understand - Zero Days 00:18
Seeing one in a malware you could understand
It's definitely not traditional crime, - Zero Days 00:07
It's definitely not traditional crime,
It was evident on a very early stage - Zero Days 00:08
It was evident on a very early stage
Suggested that there must have been - Zero Days 00:10
Suggested that there must have been
When we look at code that's coming from - Zero Days 00:08
When we look at code that's coming from
But in Stuxnet there were actually - Zero Days 00:05
But in Stuxnet there were actually
One was that, in order to get low-level access - Zero Days 00:14
One was that, in order to get low-level access
Now, those attackers obviously couldn't go to Microsoft - Zero Days 00:10
Now, those attackers obviously couldn't go to Microsoft
And these two companies have nothing to do with each other - Zero Days 00:07
And these two companies have nothing to do with each other
Digital certificates are guarded very, very closely - Zero Days 00:10
Digital certificates are guarded very, very closely
Chien: And they need to provide both biometrics - Zero Days 00:06
Chien: And they need to provide both biometrics
It wasn't like those certificates were - Zero Days 00:06
It wasn't like those certificates were
O'murchu: Like a cleaner who comes in at night - Zero Days 00:07
O'murchu: Like a cleaner who comes in at night
It did feel like walking onto the set - Zero Days 00:07
It did feel like walking onto the set