Terry McCorkle

Terry McCorkle, a Seattle-based researcher presented the results of an independent study on Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems SCADA and Industrial Control Systems ICS where he and his research partner Billy Rios attempted to find 100 bugs in 100 days. They wound up finding 1000+ bu...

WellinTech KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption

Overview This advisory is a follow-up to the alert titled “ICS-ALERT-12-020-06 - WellinTech KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption Vulnerability” that was published January 20, 2012, on the ICS-CERT web page. Independent researchers Alexandr Polyakov and Alexey Sintsov from DSecRG identified an...

State of SCADA Security 'Laughable', Researchers Say

CANCUN–For people who follow the developments in the security and research communities, it’s easy to get discouraged by the current state of affairs, given the rash of serious hacks on certificate authorities, military networks and companies such as RSA and VeriSign. But, if you think things are...

More from Basecamp

The Project Basecamp presentation received a rousing response from the audience, many of whom are industrial control security experts who have long warned, quietly, about the woeful state of software security in the industry. But not everyone was enthused. Kevin Hemsley of ICS-CERT questioned...

Certec atvise webMI2ADS Vulnerabilities

Overview This advisory is a follow-up to the ICS-CERT alert titled ICS-ALERT-11-283-02 – Certec atvise webMI Vulnerabilities, released to the ICS-CERT web page on October 10, 2011. Independent researcher Luigi Auriemma has identified vulnerabilities in Certec’s webMI2ADS application. These...

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...

Koyo Ecom Modules Vulnerabilities

Overview This Advisory is a follow-up to the ICS-CERT Alert titled “ICS-ALERT-12-020-05A—Koyo Ecom100 Vulnerabilities” that was originally published January 20, 2012, on the ICS-CERT web page and updated on February 14, 2012. ICS-CERT is aware of a public report of vulnerabilities with...

Siemens Scalance X Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Overview ICS-CERT has received a report from Siemens regarding a buffer overflow vulnerability in the web interface of the Scalance X Industrial Ethernet switch. This vulnerability was reported to Siemens by Jürgen Bilberger from Daimler TSS GmbH. This vulnerability leaves the affected devices...

Ecava IntegraXor SQL

Overview ICS-CERT has received a report from independent security researcher Dan Rosenberg with Virtual Security Research VSR of an unauthenticated Structured Query Language SQL vulnerability in the Ecava IntegraXor human machine interface HMI product that could allow data leakage, data...

Researcher Alleges Siemens Cover-up Over Security Holes In Simatic Product

A month after an unknown gray hat hacker calling himself “pr0f” used a three character password to hack his way onto computers used to manage water treatment equipment in South Houston, Texas, a security researcher is accusing the company that makes the industrial control system ICS software,...

WellinTech KingView 6.53 KVWebSvr ActiveX

Overview This advisory is a follow-up to ICS-ALERT-11-066-01 - WellinTech KingView 6.53 ActiveX Vulnerability, published on the ICS-CERT Web page on March 7, 2011. An independent security researcher reported a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in an ActiveX control in WellinTech KingView...

Multiple Vulnerabilities Haunt Long List of PLC Modules

A long list of industrial-control modules manufactured by Schneider Electric and used to control operations at various industrial facilities contain multiple weaknesses and vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to modify the firmware, login remotely and run arbitrary code on the vulnerable...

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...

Samsung Data Management Server (Update B)

Overview This updated website posting provides new information regarding Samsung’s process for acquiring the updated software to mitigate the reported vulnerability. José A. Guasch,http://www.SecurityByDefault.com reported a SQL injection vulnerability in the Samsung Data Management Server DMS...

Was The Three Character Password Used To Hack South Houston's Water Treatment Plant A Siemens Default?

Siemens said on Tuesday that it is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate a cyber intrusion into a water treatment plant in South Houston, Texas, but couldn’t confirm that a default, three digit password hard coded into an application used to control the company’s...

Xxe

The UPnP IGD implementation in the Pseudo ICS UPnP software on the ZyXEL P-330W allows remote attackers to establish arbitrary port mappings by sending a UPnP AddPortMapping action in a SOAP request to the WAN interface, related to an "external forwarding" vulnerability...

CVE-2011-4504

The CVE-2011-4504 entry concerns the UPnP IGD implementation in the Pseudo ICS UPnP software used by ZyXEL P-330W. The vulnerability arises in the UPnP AddPortMapping action processed on the WAN interface, related to an “external forwarding” issue, enabling remote attackers to establish arbitrary...

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...

OmniTouch Instant Communication Suite XSRF / XSS

TC-SA-2011-01: Multiple vulnerabilities in OmniTouch Instant Communication Suite Published: 2011/10/24 Advisory-Version: 1.0 References: - Alcatel Lucent Vulnerability Statement 2011003 Multiple vulnerabilities in OmniTouch Instant Communication Suite - CVE-2011-4058 - multiple XSS vulnerabilitie...

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...