SCADA and ICS Security Session Moderator Tiffany Rad

Tiffany Rad, who moderated the ICS security track, talked about the restrictions that laws such as the DMCA can place on security researchers looking at new systems...

CADA 3S CoDeSys Gateway Server - Directory Traversal (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework http://metasploit.com require 'msf/core' class MetasploitModule 'SCADA 3S CoDeSys Gateway Server Directory Traversal', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a directory...

Galil RIO-47100 Improper Input Validation

Overview This advisory provides mitigation details for a vulnerability affecting the Galil RIO-47100 “Pocket PLC.” Researcher Jon Christmas of Solera Networks has identified an improper validation vulnerability in the Galil RIO-47100 PLC, which can result in a loss of availability. Galil has...

Password Cracker Targets Siemens S7 PLCs

Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers, the same PLC family exploited by the Stuxnet malware, are in the crosshairs of a password-cracking tool that is capable of stealing credentials from industrial control systems. PLCs are microprocessors that automate mechanical processes inside factories,...

Researchers Highlight Medical Device Security at Annual ICS Conference

Two popular industrial control system ICS researchers this week demonstrated how easily medical devices, including a Philips-branded machine that regularly interacts with x-ray machines and other hospital equipment, can be hacked. At Digital Bond’s annual SCADA Security Scientific Symposium S4...

Malware Infects US Power Plants through USB Drives

The US Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities. Some unknown malware infected two power plants...

Malware Infects US Power Plants through USB Drives

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities. Some unknown malware infected two power plants...

Malware Infects Two Power Plants Lacking Basic Security Controls

During the past three months, unnamed malware infected two power plants’ control systems using unprotected USB drives as an attack vector. At both companies, a lack of basic security controls made it much easier for the malicious code to reach critical networks. In one instance, according to a...

Canary Labs Inc Trend Link Insecure ActiveX Control Method

Overview This advisory provides mitigation details for a vulnerability in the Canary Labs, Inc. Trend Link software. Researcher Kuang-Chun Hung of Security Research and Service Institute−Information and Communication Security Technology Center ICST has identified an insecure ActiveX control metho...

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk RNADiagReceiver

Overview This Updated Advisory is a follow-up to the original Advisory titled “ICSA-12-088-01 – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk RNADiagReceiver DOS Vulnerabilities” that was published March 28, 2012 on the ICS-CERT web page. This advisory is a follow-up to ICS-CERT Alert...

Ecava IntegraXor ActiveX Directory Traversal

Overview Independent researchers Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle have identified a Path Traversal vulnerability in the Ecava IntegraXor application. Ecava has produced an update that mitigates this vulnerability. The researchers have validated that the patch fixes this vulnerability. Affected...

Hunting vulnerabilities in SCADA systems, we are still too vulnerable to cyber attacks

Stuxnet case is considered by security expert the first concrete act of cyber warfare, a malware specifically designed to hit SCADA systems inside nuclear plants in Iran. The event has alerted the international security community on the risks related to the effects of a cyber attack against...

FBI Memo Shows Hackers Accessed Commercial HVAC Systems

An FBI memo says cyber intruders took advantage of weak credentialing in an industrial control system to gain control of a New Jersey air conditioning company’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning units. The cyber alert was issued July 23, 2012 but did not come to light until being posted...

Siemens Automation License Manager Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Overview This advisory provides mitigation details for a vulnerability that impacts the Siemens Automation License Manager ALM. Siemens ProductCERT has identified an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerabilitySSA-783261, https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-783261.pdf, Web site...

Team Ghostshell Allegedly Dumps 1.6 M Aerospace, Nanotechnology Records

Hacktivist collective Team Ghostshell is claiming this morning to have spilled 1.6 million accounts from a handful of companies in the aerospace, nanotechnology, banking, law, education and government realm, a hack the group deems Project White Fox. The group claims White Fox is its “final stand”...

GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Plant Applications Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Overview ICS-CERT received a report from GE Intelligent Platforms and the Zero Day Initiative ZDI concerning multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in the GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Plant Applications. These vulnerabilities were reported to ZDI by independent security researcher Luigi...

DHS Warns ICS, SCADA Owners About Increase in Malicious Activity

An alert from the Department of Homeland Security late last week urges private- and public-sector industrial control system ICS owners to be proactive in auditing the security, particularly, authentication controls of their systems. The alert is in response to a growing concern over the number of...

7-Technologies Termis DLL Hijacking

Overview ICS-CERT originally released Advisory ICSA-12-025-02P on the US-CERT secure portal on January 25, 2012. This web page release was delayed to allow users time to download and install the update. Researcher Kuang-Chun Hung of the Security Research and Service Institute−Information and...

Ocean Data Systems Dream Reports XSS and Write Access Violation Vulnerabilities

Overview Independent researchers Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle identified cross-site scripting XSS and write access violation vulnerabilities in Ocean Data Systems Dream Report application. ICS-CERT has coordinated these vulnerabilities with Ocean Data Systems, which has produced a new version th...

Schneider Electric Quantum Ethernet Module Hard-Coded Credentials

OVERVIEW --------- Begin Update B Part 1 of 3 -------- This updated advisory is a follow-up to the updated advisory titled ICSA-12-018-01A Schneider Electric Quantum Ethernet Module Hard-Coded Credentials that was published on June 04, 2013, on the ICS-CERT Web site. It is also a follow-up to the...