CISA Releases Security Advisories Related to OT:ICEFALL (Insecure by Design) Report

CISA is aware that Forescout researchers have released OT:ICEFALL, a report on 56 vulnerabilities caused by insecure-by-design practices in operational technology across multiple vendors. The vulnerabilities are divided into four main categories: insecure engineering protocols, weak cryptography or broken authentication Read More …

INCONTROLLER: New State-Sponsored Cyber Attack Tools Target Multiple Industrial Control Systems

In early 2022, Mandiant, in partnership with Schneider Electric, analyzed a set of novel industrial control system (ICS)-oriented attack tools—which we call INCONTROLLER (aka PIPEDREAM)—built to target machine automation devices. The tools can interact with specific industrial equipment embedded in Read More …

An In-Depth Look at ICS Vulnerabilities Part 2

In part one, Trend Micro researchers discussed ICS-CERT advisories from 2010 to 2021. Using MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) for ICS, determined the number of identified CVEs that affect the ICS environment. For this blog entry, Trend Read More …

CISA Releases Security Advisories for Rockwell Automation Products

CISA has released two Industrial Controls Systems Advisories (ICSAs) detailing vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation products. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to inject code on affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review ICSA-22-090-05: Rockwell Automation Logix Controllers and Read More …

An In-Depth Look at ICS Vulnerabilities Part 1

Every year, vulnerabilities are discovered and registered to a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID by the MITRE Corporation. Each vulnerability’s details are recorded, and specialists also include how to mitigate them under their CVE ID. Vulnerabilities that can affect Read More …

TRITON Malware Remains Threat to Global Critical Infrastructure Industrial Control Systems (ICS)

The FBI is warning that the group responsible for the deployment of TRITON malware against a Middle East–based petrochemical plant’s safety instrumented system in 2017, the Russian Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM), continues to conduct activity Read More …

Critical MQTT-Related Bugs Open Industrial Networks to RCE Via Moxa

Critical security vulnerabilities in Moxa’s MXview web-based network management system open the door to an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) as SYSTEM on any unpatched MXview server, researchers warned this week. The five bugs, affecting versions 3.x to 3.2.2, score Read More …

Campaigns abusing corporate trusted infrastructure hunt for corporate credentials on ICS networks

In 2021, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts noticed a growing number of anomalous spyware attacks infecting ICS computers across the globe. Although the malware used in these attacks belongs to well-known commodity spyware families, these attacks stand out from the mainstream Read More …

Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 1

The ever-changing technological landscape has made it possible for the business process on the IT side of an enterprise to be interconnected with the physical process on the OT side. While this advancement has improved visibility, speed, and efficiency, it Read More …