I recently watched the documentary "Zero Days" about the Stuxnet virus, and some of the malware researchers who first discovered it said when they looked at it, they could tell it was developed by state actors, because that code must've required immense resources.
When we look at conventional weapons and militaries, measuring resources and power is more concrete. One can count the number of troops an enemy has, determine what percentage of their GDP is spent on defense, measure the power of their weapons and aircraft, and more.
How can security researchers look at the source code of a virus, worm, or any form of malware and say: "this would have required the resources of a nation state" ?
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I recently watched the documentary "Zero Days" about the Stuxnet virus, and some of the malware researchers who first discovered it said when they looked at it, they could tell it was developed by state actors, because that code must've required immense resources.
When we look at conventional weapons and militaries, measuring resources and power is more concrete. One can count the number of troops an enemy has, determine what percentage of their GDP is spent on defense, measure the power of their weapons and aircraft, and more.
How can security researchers look at the source code of a virus, worm, or any form of malware and say: "this would have required the resources of a nation state" ?
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