SCADA Vulnerabilities Identified in Power, Petrochemical Plants
More than 7,600 different power, chemical and petrochemical plants may still be vulnerable to a handful of SCADA vulnerabilities made public this week.
Critical Infrastructure
Energy Watering Hole Attack Used LightsOut Exploit Kit
A recent watering-hole attack targeted firms in the energy sector and led victims to a separate site that used the LightsOut exploit kit to compromise their machines.
CanSecWest Presenter Self-Censors Risky Critical Infrastructure Talk
Researcher Eric Filiol withdrew his presentation from this week’s CanSecWest conference because of concerns the information could be used to attack critical infrastructure worldwide.
Critical infrastructure policymakers are calling for the formation of a new group to better protect the North American electric grid from cyber-attacks.
ICS-CERT posted a pair of advisories for Schneider Electric SCADA and industrial control system equipment that could allow an attacker to execute malicious programs.
FBI Director James B. Comey said during his RSA Conference keynote that public-private sector information sharing is crucial to deterring cybercrime.
The U.S. government published a voluntary cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure operators. The framework is a deliverable out of Executive Order 13636.
PUNTA CANA–Here’s how nuts the world of ICS security is: Jonathan Pollet, a security consultant who specializes in ICS systems, was at a Texas amusement park recently and the ride he was waiting for was malfunctioning. The operator told him the ride used a Siemens PLC as part of the control system, so he went […]
The HVAC contractor linked to the Target breach says the only data connection between the two companies was a billing system. ICS experts, meanwhile, decry the security of bridges between IT and facilities systems.
“I’m afraid very soon we’re going to see more attacks on critical infrastructure,” Kaspersky said during a keynote speech at Kaspersky Lab’s Industry Analyst Summit here Thursday.
