02 December 2020
ICS threat predictions for 2021We present our vision of what challenges industrial cybersecurity will soon be (or already is) facing, and what to expect from cybercriminals in 2021.
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05 November 2020
Attacks on industrial enterprises using RMS and TeamViewer: new dataThe attacks use remote administration utilities whose graphical user interface is hidden by the malware, enabling the attackers to control the infected system without the user’s knowledge.
19 October 2020
Practical example of fuzzing OPC UA applicationsWe continue to describe our approaches to searching for vulnerabilities in industrial systems based on the OPC UA protocol. In this article, we examine new techniques that can be used to search for memory corruption vulnerabilities if the source code is available. We also discuss an example of fuzzing using libfuzzer.
13 October 2020
What it feels like for a turbineThe goal of the article is to raise awareness on security of Distributed Control Systems (DCS), propose a methodology for assessment, and a remediation strategy. Defenders are always behind attackers, and this publication is trying to balance things out.
08 October 2020
MontysThree: Industrial espionage with steganography and a Russian accent on both sidesIn Summer 2020 we uncovered a previously unknown multi-module C++ toolset used in highly targeted industrial espionage attacks dating back to 2018.
24 September 2020
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. H1 2020The percentage of computers attacked globally is decreasing. At the same time, threats are becoming more localized, more focused, and, as a result, more diverse and sophisticated.
15 September 2020
The State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2020In 2020 ARC Advisory Group on behalf of Kaspersky conducted a survey on the state of industrial cybersecurity, as well as the current priorities and challenges of industrial organizations. More than 330 industrial companies and organizations across the globe were surveyed online and 10 industry representatives were interviewed at trade fairs and ARC forums worldwide.
31 August 2020
Cyberthreats for ICS in Energy in Europe. Q1 2020In Q1 2020 in Europe, Kaspersky products were triggered on 20.4% of ICS computers in the energy sector. A total of 1,485 malware modifications from 633 different families were blocked.
17 June 2020
Steganography in attacks on industrial enterprises (updated)Kaspersky ICS CERT has identified a series of attacks targeting, among others, organizations in various industrial sectors. Victims include suppliers of equipment and software for industrial enterprises.
30 April 2020
Overview of recommendations on organizing secure remote work for critical infrastructure and other facilitiesDo security issues associated with working remotely affect critical infrastructure enterprises? Should organizations take additional protective measures? A view of regulators in the area of information security.
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20 May 2019
Critical vulnerabilities identified by Kaspersky Lab have been corrected in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and SIMATIC PCS 7Multiple vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code and command execution on a target system and a denial-of-service condition
22 March 2019
Metallurgical giant Norsk Hydro attacked by encrypting malwareOn March 19 2019 Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s largest aluminum producers revealed that ransomware had been used in an attack against them.
15 January 2019
Vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric industrial solutionsCritical and severe vulnerabilities have been identified in GP-Pro EX programming environment, Zelio Soft software and IIoT Monitor platform
14 December 2018
Critical vulnerabilities in Siemens SINUMERIK controllersExploitation of vulnerabilities in Siemens SINUMERIK controllers cold allow remote code execution, privilege escalation and device denial-of-service conditions
11 December 2018
IoT Security in the ‘Smart Manufacturing’ world: a new study by ENISAENISA has released a new study: “Good Practices for Security of Internet of Things in the context of Smart Manufacturing. Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT experts contributed to the study.
23 November 2018
Critical vulnerability in Modicon M221 PLCA critical vulnerability in Modicon M221 PLC could allow attackers to intercept traffic by remotely changing IPv4 parameters
16 November 2018
Web vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC operator panelsThe most serious of the vulnerabilities could allow arbitrary files to be downloaded from the device
16 November 2018
Vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial productsThe most dangerous of the vulnerabilities affect the SIMATIC S7-400 CPU family and the SIMATIC IT Production Suite software package. The vulnerabilities have been fixed for most of the affected products
08 November 2018
Schneider Electric has fixed a vulnerability in SESU softwareThe vulnerability affects the Schneider Electric Software Update (SESU) tool, which is used to notify users when updated Schneider Electric software is available
08 November 2018
Critical vulnerabilities in CirCarLife electric vehicle chargersSuccessful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to retrieve credentials to bypass authentication, and to access critical information
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