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07 April 2021
Vulnerability in FortiGate VPN servers is exploited in Cring ransomware attacksAn incident investigation conducted by Kaspersky ICS CERT experts at one of the attacked enterprises revealed that attacks of the Cring ransomware exploit a vulnerability in FortiGate VPN servers.
29 March 2021
APT attacks on industrial companies in 2020Overview of APT attacks on industrial enterprises information on which was published in 2020.
25 March 2021
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Statistics for H2 2020The statistical data presented in the report was received from ICS computers protected by Kaspersky products that Kaspersky ICS CERT categorizes as part of the industrial infrastructure at organizations.
17 March 2021
Threat landscape for the ICS engineering and integration sector. 2020The threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector varies depending on a computer’s environment, including its geographical location, ability to access external networks and services, and user behavior.
25 February 2021
Lazarus targets defense industry with ThreatNeedleIn mid-2020, we realized that Lazarus was launching attacks on the defense industry using the ThreatNeedle cluster, an advanced malware cluster of Manuscrypt (a.k.a. NukeSped). While investigating this activity, we were able to observe the complete life cycle of an attack, uncovering more technical details and links to the group’s other campaigns.
26 January 2021
SunBurst industrial victimsHow many industrial organizations had installed backdoored SolarWinds versions? We present the results of our analysis.
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.
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.
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17 January 2020
Ransomware attack on Picanol paralyzes production at plants in Belgium, Romania, and ChinaThe company has been forced to stop its operations almost completely. Production recovery will take at least a week
10 January 2020
Dustman wiper attack on Bapco oil companyDustman is an upgraded version of the ZeroCleare wiper. The attack exploited a vulnerability in VPN appliances
30 December 2019
Ryuk ransomware attacks unnamed US maritime transportation facilityThe infection affected the facility’s corporate network and industrial control systems that control cargo transfer. The primary operations of the facility were shut down for over 30 hours
24 December 2019
German cities under attack by Emotet botnetEmotet was distributed via phishing emails and was used to deploy ransomware
20 December 2019
Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO PLCsNine vulnerabilities have been identified in WAGO PFC200 and PFC100 PLCs. They could lead to arbitrary code execution or cause denial of service
20 December 2019
More ransomware attacksVictims of the latest attacks include Pensacola and New Orleans city administrations in the US and a hospital in Benešov (Czech Republic)
19 December 2019
Multiple vulnerabilities in Modicon controllersIf exploited, the vulnerabilities could result in denial of service. They can be fixed by updating device firmware
18 December 2019
Multiple vulnerabilities in SPPA-T3000 componentsVulnerabilities have been identified in SPPA-T3000 Application Server and MS3000 Migration Server. Some of the faults are critical and could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server
17 December 2019
Multiple vulnerabilities in Siemens productsVulnerable solutions include SiNVR 3, XHQ Operations Intelligence, RUGGEDCOM ROS, and Siemens EN100
01 October 2019
Vulnerability in Cisco IOS and IOS XE affecting industrial routersAffected devices include Cisco 800 Series industrial routers and Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 1000)