Well, you can compare the Symantec analysis for Stuxnet to other malware (say, Conficker, the previous media darling). http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/e

Well, you can compare the Symantec analysis for Stuxnet to other malware (say, Conficker, the previous media darling). http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_stuxnet_dossier.pdf http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/secur... http://www.malwareinfo.org/files/W32.DownadupThreat.pdf http://www.malwareinfo.org/files/W32.DownadupThreat.pdf You'll notice that most of the gushing has devolved to focusing on the payload and not the infection mechanism. That's because the worm itself is surprisingly average.