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 …

Understanding and Mitigating Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA)—authored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA)—is part of our continuing cybersecurity mission to warn organizations of cyber threats and help the cybersecurity community Read More …

Revisiting the Relevance of the Industrial DMZ (iDMZ)

If you enter the term “Purdue Model” into your favorite search engine, the resulting images will vary considerably. There’s almost no better way to stir up an Operational Technology (OT) security conversation than to begin debating what belongs on Level Read More …

The Next Disruptive ICS Attacker: An Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)?

No discussion on ICS attacks could be complete without talking about what some would call, ‘the elephant in the room.’ Critical infrastructure has always been a target for warfare, and modern ICS are no exception. Several high-profile ICS disruptions have Read More …