- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 11th, 2016
92 Percent of Internet-Available ICS Hosts Have Vulnerabilities
Vulnerable devices leave door wide open for attacks
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 2nd, 2016
Stuxnet-like IRONGATE Malware Found Targeting SCADA Equipment
FireEye thinks malware is only a proof of concept
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 30th, 2016
CERT Warns Companies About the "Unupgradeable" ESC 8832 SCADA System
Users should upgrade to a newer model or invest in firewalls
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 20th, 2016
Japan to Create Cyber-Defense Government Agency to Protect SCADA Infrastructures
Country boosts cyber-security for 2020 Olympic Games
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 9th, 2016
Researchers Create Self-Propagating Worm That Targets SCADA Equipment
Malware is slowly making its way into the ICS/SCADA field
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 19th, 2016
Kaspersky Announces Antivirus for Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
Even ICS/SCADA gear needs an antivirus these days
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 24th, 2016
US Charges Seven Iranians with DDoSing Banks, Hacking NY Dam
Hackers caused millions worth of damages to US banks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 22nd, 2016
Hackers Modify Water Treatment Parameters by Accident
Bad network design exposes water treatment plant to hacking
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 7th, 2016
ICS Security Researchers Publish SCADA Manufacturers Shame List
110+ ICS/SCADA devices have weak default passwords
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 29th, 2015
Railway Systems Susceptible to Cyber-Attacks
Researchers find a large number of security holes
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 14th, 2015
Researchers Fail to Set Up Proper Honeypots UPDATE
Weak honeypots means unimportant security intel
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 10th, 2015
SIMATIC WinCC SCADA System Receives Critical Fixes from Siemens
Exploit for one of the vulnerabilities exists
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 21st, 2015
Schneider Electric HMI Gateway Comes with Hard-Coded FTP Credentials
FTP server should be disabled for full risk mitigation
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 12th, 2015
Buffer Overflow Glitch in Wonderware Server Gets Fix from Schneider Electric
ICS-CERT warns of high severity of the vulnerability
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 9th, 2015
Banking Trojans Pose as ICS/SCADA Software
Industrial control systems are easy to compromise
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 11th, 2014
BlackEnergy APT Suspected of Exploiting Glitch in SIMATIC WinCC SCADA Software
A number of the victims associated with this campaign were running the Advantech/BroadWin WebAccess software
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 27th, 2014
Emergency Patch for WinCC Issued by Siemens
Exploit for vulnerabilities may already exist