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Bali (Indonesia), Aug 28 (Ians) As the world moves into the “cyber age” with the number of internet-connected devices zooming amid expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI), the mounting scale and expertise of cyber crime makes the concept of cyber security outmoded and it is necessary to move to “cyber immunity”, said Kaspersky Labs CEO Eugene Kaspersky.

“Which age we’re living right now? Some people say that we are living in an age of plastic… there was the Stone Age, the Iron Age and now the Plastic Age… and we are fast moving to the Cyber Age. We are still not there, but we’ll be there soon. But unfortunately, there are problems.

“The first problem is that there are many highly-professional criminal gangs which are able to hack very well-protected enterprises… very well-protected businesses, governments. And second, unfortunately, we see that they are slowly shifting to industrial systems.

“They...

It was one of the most concerning facets to arise from Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing; Stuxnet, a malicious computer worm that was allegedly hatched as a joint American-Israeli cyber weapon. Designed to cripple Iran’s nuclear program, the virus purportedly exploits the zero-day loop in computer software, all the while hiding any malicious files and processes that were carried out during said digital infiltration.

Hoping to shed light on that elusive Stuxnet is filmmaker Alex Gibney, who just recently launched Zero Days across theatres and on demand services. Available to view from Friday, July 8, We Got This Covered has an exclusive and thrilling clip to share, and you can find it in the player above.

Among those quizzed about the alleged cyber weapon are Colonel Gary D. Brown, Eric Chien, Richard A. Clarke, General Michael Hayden, Olli Heinonen, Chris Inglis, Vitaly Kamluk and Eugene Kaspersky.

Zero Days is now available...