Never underestimate what you can do with a healthy list of advanced operator search terms and a beer budget. That’s mostly what comprises the arsenal of two critical infrastructure protection specialists who have spent close to nine months trying to paint a picture of the number of Internet-facing devices linked to critical infrastructure in the United States.
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 exploit tools available online targeting ICS and SCADA systems responsible for running critical infrastructure, as well as an evolving interest from hacktivists who are using specialized search engines to find control systems reachable online.
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