Industrial Security


  • CISA Releases Six Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    March 23, 2023

    CISA released six Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on March 23, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-082-01 RoboDK ICSA-23-082-02 CP-Plus KVMS Pro ICSA-23-082-03 SAUTER EY-modulo 5 Building Automation Stations Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Related story: CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories  

  • Critical infrastructure gear is full of flaws, but hey, at least it’s certified

    March 23, 2023

    Devices used in critical infrastructure are riddled with vulnerabilities that can cause denial of service, allow configuration manipulation, and achieve remote code execution, according to security researchers. And most of these operational technology (OT) products – which include industrial control systems and related devices – claim security certifications, some of which they did not actually have. Read ...

  • Ferrari reports cyber incident with ransom demand; no impact to operations

    March 20, 2023

    Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari SpA said on Monday that a hacker recently demanded ransom from the company related to certain client contact details, adding that the breach had no impact on the company’s operations. Ferrari said it notified its customers of the potential data exposure and the nature of the incident. Read more… Source: Yahoo! News  

  • CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    March 16, 2023

    CISA released eight Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on March 16, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-23-075-01 Siemens SCALANCE, RUGGEDCOM Third-Party ICSA-23-075-02 Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW V5.3 Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...

  • Threat landscape for industrial automation systems for H2 2022

    March 6, 2023

    In H2 2022, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased by 3.5 percentage points compared to the previous six-month period, reaching 34.3%. This was higher than the percentages for 2021 and even 2020. Read more… Source: Kaspersky

  • CISA Releases Five Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    March 2, 2023

    CISA released five Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on March 2, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-23-061-01 Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Series ICSA-23-061-02 Baicells Nova Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Related ...

  • CISA Releases Fifteen Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    February 16, 2023

    CISA released fifteen (15) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on February 16, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-23-047-01 Siemens Solid Edge ICSA-23-047-02 Siemens SCALANCE X-200 IRT ICSA-23-047-03 Siemens Brownfield Connectivity Client ICSA-23-047-04 Siemens ...

  • Hyundai and Kia issue software upgrades to thwart killer TikTok car theft hack

    February 15, 2023

    Korean car-makers Hyundai and Kia will issue software updates to some of their models after a method of stealing them circulated on TikTok, leading to many thefts and even some deaths. The “Kia Challenge” started circulating in mid-2022 and explained that it’s possible to remove the steering column covering on some Hyundai and Kia models by ...

  • Blow to Morgan Advanced Materials as cyber-attack to cost millions to deal with

    February 7, 2023

    Shares in Morgan Advanced Materials tanked 7.5% to 292p this morning after the industrial manufacturer became the latest listed firm to fall victim to a cyber attack which it said would cost millions of pounds to tackle. The 166-year-old firm warned the attack meant some of its IT systems were irrecoverable, and it had been forced ...

  • Researcher breaches Toyota supplier portal with info on 14,000 partners

    February 7, 2023

    Toyota’s Global Supplier Preparation Information Management System (GSPIMS) was breached by a security researcher who responsibly reported the issue to the company. GSPIMS is the car manufacturer’s web application that allows employees and suppliers to remotely log in and manage the firm’s global supply chain. Read more… Source: Bleeping Computer  

  • Vice Society Ransomware Group Targets Manufacturing Companies

    January 24, 2023

    The Vice Society ransomware group made headlines in late 2022 and early 2023 during a spate of attacks against several targets, such as the one that affected the rapid transit system in San Francisco. Most reports have the threat actor focusing its efforts on the education and the healthcare industries. However, through Trend Micro’s telemetry data, ...

  • Gone Phishing: Hunting for Malicious Industrial-Themed Emails to Prevent Operational Technology Compromises

    January 17, 2023

    Phishing is one of the most common techniques used to deliver malware and gain access to target networks. This is not only because of its simplicity and scalability, but also because of its efficiency in exploiting vulnerabilities in human behavior. Despite the existence of sophisticated detection tooling and security awareness of phishing techniques, defenders across ...

  • Toyota, Mercedes, BMW API flaws exposed owners’ personal info

    January 4, 2023

    Almost twenty car manufacturers and services contained API security vulnerabilities that could have allowed hackers to perform malicious activity, ranging from unlocking, starting, and tracking cars to exposing customers’ personal information. The security flaws impacted well-known brands, including BMW, Roll Royce, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar, Land Rover, Ford, KIA, Honda, Infiniti, Nissan, Acura, Hyundai, Toyota, and ...

  • Cook EBITDA slumps £2m following Christmas 2021 cyber-attack

    January 4, 2023

    A cyber-attack in December 2021 wiped an estimated £2m from Cook’s EBITDA, according to its latest financial results. The attack ground manufacturing systems at its Sittingbourne site to a halt and prevented Cook from making and delivering food. Consequently, the business was forced to shut down its website in the lead-up to Christmas, its busiest period of ...

  • CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    December 22, 2022

    CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on December 22, 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-22-356-01 Priva TopControl Suite ICSA-22-356-02 Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and ...

  • Agenda Ransomware Uses Rust to Target More Vital Industries

    December 16, 2022

    This year, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups like BlackCat, Hive, and RansomExx have developed versions of their ransomware in Rust, a cross-platform language that makes it easier to tailor malware to different operating systems like Windows and Linux. In this blog entry, Trend Micro shed light on Agenda (also known as Qilin), another ransomware group that has ...

  • Cyber Signals: Risks to critical infrastructure on the rise

    December 14, 2022

    Today, the third edition of Cyber Signals was released spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft’s 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts. In this edition, we share new insights on wider risks that converging IT, Internet of Things (IoT), and operational technology (OT) systems pose to critical infrastructure. Cyber Signals presents ...

  • CISA Releases Three Industrial Control Advisories

    December 8, 2022

    CISA has released three (3) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on 08 December 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations. Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Related story: CISA Adds One ...

  • Industry 4.0: CNC Machine Security Risks – Part 3

    December 6, 2022

    In this final installation of Trend Micro three-part blog series, Trend Micro researchers lay out countermeasures that enterprises can do to protect their machines. They’ll also discuss their responsible disclosure as well as the feedback they got from the vendors they evaluated. Countermeasures Trend Micro found that only two of the four vendors analyzed support authentication. Neither ...

  • Industry 4.0: CNC Machine Security Risks – Part 2

    December 2, 2022

    In part one, Trend Micro researchers discussed what numerical control machines do and their basic concepts. These concepts are important to understand the machines better, offering a wider view of their operations. The researchers also laid out how we evaluated the chosen vendors for Trend Micro research. For this blog, Trend Micro will continue discussing their ...