Hacking Weapons Systems

Lukasz Olejnik has a good essay on hacking weapons systems. Basically, there is no reason to believe that software in weapons systems is any more vulnerability free than any other software. So now the question is whether the software can be accessed over the Internet. Increasingly, it is. This is...

Pentagon Weapons Systems Are Easy Cyberattack Targets, New Report Finds

A new report says the Department of Defense "likely has an entire generation of systems that were designed and built without adequately considering cybersecurity."...

Sunway ForceControl SNMP NetDBServer Data Chunk Copy Buffer Overflow

Added: 02/22/2012 BID: 49747 OSVDB: 75798 Background Sunway ForceControl is a Chinese SCADA/HMI software application widely used in China to help run weapons systems, utilities and chemical plants. It is also used to a lesser extent in other countries, including the US. SNMP NetDBServer is one of...

Sunway ForceControl SNMP NetDBServer Data Chunk Copy Buffer Overflow

Added: 02/22/2012 BID: 49747 OSVDB: 75798 Background Sunway ForceControl is a Chinese SCADA/HMI software application widely used in China to help run weapons systems, utilities and chemical plants. It is also used to a lesser extent in other countries, including the US. SNMP NetDBServer is one of...