Securing the Three Families of IoT

Securing the Internet of Things is difficult. One reason is the Internet of things consists of three different groups of technology. Each group has radically different architectural constraints. Securing each group requires a distinct approach. IoT 0.9 The primitive group contains all legacy...

Triton Malware Targets Industrial Control Systems in Middle East

Researchers found malware called Triton on the industrial control systems of a company located in the Middle East. Attackers planted Triton, also called Trisis, with the intent of carrying out a “high-impact attack” against an unnamed company with the goal of causing physical damage, researchers...

TRITON Malware Targeting Critical Infrastructure Could Cause Physical Damage

Security researchers have uncovered another nasty piece of malware designed specifically to target industrial control systems ICS with a potential to cause health and life-threatening accidents. Dubbed Triton, also known as Trisis, the ICS malware has been designed to target Triconex Safety...

Applying Lean to Information Risk Management

Lean Manufacturing brings significant benefits to industry, including cost reduction, quality improvement, reduced cycle time, and greater customer satisfaction See “The Machine that Changed the World”, Womak, J., Jones, D., and Roos, D., Free, Press, 1990 for the groundbreaking analysis of...

oilcontrolsystems.nl XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-442123 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| oilcontrolsystems.nl Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention...

Moxa NPort 5110, 5130, and 5150

CVSS v3 8.6 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Moxa Equipment: NPort 5110, 5130, 5150 Vulnerabilities: Injection, Information Exposure, Resource Exhaustion AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of NPort, a serial network interface, are affected: NPort 5110...

Envitech Ltd. EnviDAS Ultimate

CVSS v3 8.2 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Envitech Ltd. Equipment: EnviDAS Ultimate Vulnerability: Improper Authentication AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of EnviDAS Ultimate, a web application for environmental monitoring, are affected: EnviDAS...

North Korean Actors Spear Phish U.S. Electric Companies

We can confirm that FireEye devices detected and stopped spear phishing emails sent on Sept. 22, 2017, to U.S. electric companies by known cyber threat actors likely affiliated with the North Korean government. This activity was early-stage reconnaissance, and not necessarily indicative of an...

North Korean Actors Spear Phish U.S. Electric Companies

We can confirm that FireEye devices detected and stopped spear phishing emails sent on Sept. 22, 2017, to U.S. electric companies by known cyber threat actors likely affiliated with the North Korean government. This activity was early-stage reconnaissance, and not necessarily indicative of an...

North Korean Actors Spear Phish U.S. Electric Companies

We can confirm that FireEye devices detected and stopped spear phishing emails sent on Sept. 22, 2017, to U.S. electric companies by known cyber threat actors likely affiliated with the North Korean government. This activity was early-stage reconnaissance, and not necessarily indicative of an...

JanTek JTC-200

CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Public exploits are available. Vendor: JanTek Equipment: JTC-200 Vulnerabilities: Cross-site Request Forgery, Improper Authentication AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of JTC-200, a TCP/IP converter, are affected:...

Digium Asterisk GUI

CVSS v3 8.8 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Digium Equipment: Asterisk GUI Vulnerability: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of Asterisk GUI, a framework for configuring graphical user...

ICSSPLOIT: A Industrial Control System Exploitation Framework

PenTestIT RSS Feed This framework is based on RouterSploit, which has already been covered on this blog. Infact, that's how I got to know about it - I was checking the source for updates and I found a reference for this Industrial Control System ICS exploitation framework - ICSSPLOIT. ICS securit...

Moxa SoftCMS Live Viewer

CVSS v3 9.8 AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of SoftCMS Live Viewer, a video surveillance software designed for industrial automation systems, are affected: SoftCMS Live Viewer, Version 1.6 and prior versions. IMPACT Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an...

Siemens Patches Two Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC CP and XHQ

Siemens patched two vulnerabilities in products commonly found in industrial control system setups this week. If exploited the flaws could allow an attacker to perform administrative actions or gain read access to sensitive data on affected systems. Siemens patched one issue .PDF on Tuesday and t...

Dangerous Malware Discovered that Can Take Down Electric Power Grids

Last December, a cyber attack on Ukrainian Electric power grid caused the power outage in the northern part of Kiev — the country's capital — and surrounding areas, causing a blackout for tens of thousands of citizens for an hour and fifteen minutes around midnight. Now, security researchers have...

Bridging the Skills Gap with Trend Micro’s Capture the Flag (CTF) Competition

We all know the IT security industry is suffering from chronic skills gaps and shortages around the world. In the US things are no different, with an estimated talent shortfall of around 40,000 jobs for information security analyst roles alone. While various initiatives have been proposed, few ha...

Siemens, Bayer Expected to Patch Medical Devices Hit By WannaCry

It was initially thought just Windows machines were vulnerable but it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that medical devices and industrial control systems were subjected to the perils of this weekend’s WannaCry ransomware outburst as well. Over the past few days the Department of Homeland...

Siemens devices using the PROFINET Discovery and Configuration Protocol (Update D)

CVSS v3 6.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable from an adjacent network/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Siemens Equipment: Devices using the PROFINET Discovery and Configuration Protocol DCP Vulnerability: Denial of Service UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the updated advisory...

WolfSSL library X509 Certificate Text Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable off-by-one write vulnerability exists in the x509 certificate parsing functionality of wolfSSL library versions up to 3.10.2. A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities,...