UPDATE: Why Stuxnet-Like Attacks Aren't Going Away

Ralph Langner is the closest thing to a rock star that you get in the Dockers and pocket-protector world of industrial control systems. The German researcher made headlines in 2010 as among the first security experts to analyze parts of the Stuxnet worm’s code devoted to manipulating programmable...

Slideshow: Scenes from S4 2012

VIEW SLIDESHOW Scenes from S4 2012 S4 is a conference hosted by Digital Bond, a security consulting firm based in Sunrise, Florida. Now in its fifth year, the S4 draws some of the world’s top experts in securing industrial control systems to sunny Miami Beach to discuss the state of the art. Here...

Mapping it out

In his presentation at S4, doctoral student Eireann Leverett presented his research showing how more than 10,000 Internet acccessible industrial control systems can be found online, including HVAC systems, building management systems, PLCs and other industrial systems. Here, Leverett shows a Goog...

Wrapping up the SCADA conference

S4 is a conference hosted by Digital Bond, a security consulting firm based in Sunrise, Florida. Now in its fifth year, the S4 draws some of the world’s top experts in securing industrial control systems to sunny Miami Beach to discuss the state of the art. Press was allowed this year for the fir...

UPDATE: Looking For a 'FireSheep' Moment, Researchers Lay Bare Woeful SCADA Security

Miami, Florida – A no-holds barred presentation at the S4 Conference laid bare the woeful state of security for many industrial control systems that power the world’s critical infrastructure. Organizers have also cooperated with security scanning firms Rapid7 and Tenable to release modules for th...

UPDATE – Stuxnet Expert: Analysis Shows Design Flaw, Not Vulnerability Sunk Siemens

MIAMI–The world’s foremost expert on the Stuxnet worm said an analysis of source code for a critical component of the malware prove that Iran’s nuclear program was the target, and that attackers were able to exploit weak design in Siemens software, rather than having to exploit a software...

MICROSYS PROMOTIC Use After Free Vulnerability

Overview This advisory is a follow-up to ICS-ALERT-11-333-01 - MICROSYS PROMOTIC Use-After-Free Vulnerability, released on the ICS-CERT Web site on November 28, 2011. Independent researcher Luigi Auriemma has identified and released proof of concept code POC for a use after free vulnerability in...

Siemens Says It Will Patch Remote Authentication Holes

After first denying their existence, a Siemens spokesman acknowledged on Thursday that his company was aware of a series of security vulnerabilities in its software that could allow remote attackers to take control of industrial control systems. Siemens issued a statement in response to complaint...

Stuxnet Part II, III and IV

The nation-state sponsored malware arms race is on. Stuxnet may have been the “Shot heard round the world” but we think its likely that 2012 will witness a number of other skirmishes, with malware linked to foreign governments hostile to or allied with U.S. and Western nations infecting and...

Homeland Security Warns SCADA Operators Of Internet-Facing Systems

In the wake of the hack of water and sewer infrastructure operated by a Texas community, the Department of Homeland Security is again warning owners and operators of critical infrastructure to take note of SCADA and industrial control systems that may be accessible from the Internet. DHS’s...

Hacker Claims He Breached Texas Water Plant

A hacker claims to have breached a water utility in Texas and has posted reputed screenshots online to prove it. The water plant targeted by the hacker, who uses the alias “Pr0f”, is in the Harris County city of South Houston. In a post on Pastebin, Pr0f said his actions were in response to what ...

Computerized Prison doors hacked with vulnerabilities used by Stuxnet worm

Computerized Prison doors hacked with vulnerabilities used by Stuxnet worm Security holes in the computer systems of federal prisons in the United States can effectively allow hackers to trigger a jailbreak by remote control. The discovery of the Stuxnet worm has alerted governments around the...

Computerized Prison doors hacked with vulnerabilities used by Stuxnet worm

Computerized Prison doors hacked with vulnerabilities used by Stuxnet worm Security holes in the computer systems of federal prisons in the United States can effectively allow hackers to trigger a jailbreak by remote control. The discovery of the Stuxnet worm has alerted governments around the...

Researchers Warn of Prison Hacks, Opening Cell Doors

Remote hackers springing inmates from their jail cells — it sounds like a plot lifted from an old episode of “24” or “Prison Break.” But authorities are concerned by new research that claims such an attack is feasible. Research presented at the Hacker Halted conference in Miami last month by John...

Researchers Warn of Prison Hacks, Opening Cell Doors

In news that seems like it could be lifted from an old 24 or Prison Break plotline, authorities are concerned by new research that claims hackers could remotely open the cell doors of federal prisons. In addition to staging a jailbreak, hackers could sabotage a prison’s intercom system and...

India Seizes Equipment Linked to Duqu Attack

Officials in India have seized components from a server as part of an investigation into the Duqu Trojan, according to a report. According to Reuters, two workers at Web Werks, a web hosting company based in Mumbai, said the country’s Department of Information Technology took the equipment after...

New Analysis Questions Origins of Duqu Trojan

A new analysis of the recently discovered Duqu Trojan raises questions about the origin of the malware and its links to the earlier Stuxnet worm. The report, from Dell’s SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit CTU, was released Thursday. Analysts at SecureWorks studied the Trojan and found that, although...

7-Technologies IGSS 8 ODBC Server Remote Heap Corruption

Overview ICS-CERT has received a report from independent security researcher Jeremy Brown that a remote heap corruption vulnerability exists in IGSS Interactive Graphical SCADA System Version 8 from 7-Technologies 7T. 7T has verified the vulnerability and has developed a patch. Affected Products...

Virus Experts Warn of Stuxnet Variant "Duqu"

Virus researchers at Symantec Corp. have discovered a variant of the Stuxnet worm, dubbed Duqu, that is designed to steal information about industrial control systems. Symantec said the malware, which has turned up on more than one customers’ network, could be used to gather data for a future...

National Cyber Security Bulletin on Anonymous

National Cyber Security Bulletin on Anonymous DHS has analyzed the likelihood of Anonymous attacking industrial control systems ICS after the hacktivist group showed such intentions earlier this year. "Assessment of Anonymous Threat to Control Systems" that was drafted by the National Cybersecuri...