26 June 2025
A brief overview of the main incidents in industrial cybersecurity. Q1 2025The attack on Kuala Lumpur airport, which knocked out many of its information systems for 10 hours, plus over 100 more incidents.
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19 June 2025
APT and financial attacks on industrial organizations in Q1 2025Using polyglot files, involving the 7-Zip vulnerability and the 0-click vulnerability in MS Windows – there are some interesting details of attacks on industrial enterprises disclosed at this quarter.
10 June 2025
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Regions, Q1 2025The internet ranks first among threat sources in all regions. The problem is particularly relevant to Africa, South-East Asia, South Asia and Russia.
05 June 2025
TTPs of Cyber Partisans activity aimed at espionage and disruptionKaspersky ICS CERT experts managed to find and analyze the malware and utilities most probably used by the actors. The key finding was a previously unknown backdoor.
15 May 2025
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q1 2025The percentage of ICS computers on which various types of malware spread via the internet and email were blocked increased for the first time in two years.
08 April 2025
A brief overview of the main incidents in industrial cybersecurity. Q4 2024More than 100 companies publicly reported cyberattacks. Two of them announced their insolvency after the incident. In two other cases, two ransomware gangs simultaneously claimed responsibility for the same hack.
25 March 2025
APT and financial attacks on industrial organizations in Q4 2024Abusing of Telegram to spy and put pressure on their victims’ employees, notifying the victims by printing messages on printers connected to a compromised network – we publish interesting details of attacks on industrial enterprises disclosed at this quarter.
17 March 2025
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Regions, Q4 2024The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased in eight regions. Regionally, the percentage ranged from 10.6% in Northern Europe to 31.0% in Africa.
17 March 2025
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q4 2024The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious scripts and phishing pages as well as ransomware were blocked continued to increase.
24 February 2025
Operation SalmonSlalomKaspersky discovered a new attack targeting industrial organizations in APAC
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15 April 2025
“Security by design helps you stay one step ahead”Kaspersky expert discusses the challenges of assessing the security of industrial facilities and the role of the professional community in their protection, the reasons behind security issues in rapidly evolving industries, and the impact of digitalization on society.
30 May 2023
Why APTs are so successful – stories from IR trenchesDuring IR, while trying to figure out what went wrong, we’ve found numerous issues
12 December 2022
Unusual penetration techniques – in the wild and in Red Team researchI would like to talk about some of the tricks and methods I have seen used to gain that all important initial access to remote systems. Specifically, the unexpected and unusual.
24 May 2022
Draft of the NIST Guide #800-82 – what has changedThe release of the third version of the Guide to Operational Technology (OT) Security, SP 800-82 Rev. 3, is, without a doubt, a milestone. Is the third version as good as the previous ones? What has changed?
20 April 2022
Vulnerability in ICS: assessing the severityOn the last day of March 2022, Claroty (Team82) published an article on two vulnerabilities they had identified in Rockwell Automation products. We believe that the severity of these vulnerabilities has been significantly exaggerated. At the same time, the most dangerous vulnerability in the same products has remained unnoticed.
31 March 2022
Vulnerabilities in Tekon-Automatics solution: (ir)responsible disclosure and scope of the problemResearcher Jose Bertin described the exploitation of several vulnerabilities in a Tekon-Automatics automation solution. We analyze the real scope of what has happened and offer our take on whether this can be considered ethical vulnerability disclosure.
28 March 2022
Kaspersky’s statement on the FIRST membership suspensionKaspersky ICS CERT received a letter from FIRST, notifying that its membership has been temporarily suspended. Kaspersky is disappointed by this decision and believes that it hurts the international community of experts and the cybersecurity industry as a whole.
31 March 2021
Good old buffer overflowCISA has issued an advisory on a Rockwell Automation MicroLogix 1400 buffer overflow vulnerability
30 March 2021
Network Asset Traversal or NATural disaster: NAT Slipstreaming 2.0NAT bypassing techniques recently published by researchers are particularly dangerous for OT networks of industrial enterprises
04 March 2021
More critical vulnerabilities identified in OPC protocol implementationsSolutions that use the OPC family of protocols are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to equipment failure, remote code execution or leaks of critical data
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March 2024
As the industrial landscape evolves, so do the threats that accompany it. While many industrial threats may be developing slowly from year to year, subtle changes are reaching a critical mass, poised to reshape the cybersecurity landscape in the near future.
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Dec 2021
TÜV Austria Academy will offer Kaspersky training courses
The cooperation between Kaspersky and the TÜV Austria Academy focuses on jointly implementing innovative certified training courses for specialists in information technology and industrial systems. The corresponding contract was signed at the end of November.
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Dec 2021
Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity Conference 2021
The 9th annual Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity Conference took place in Sochi on September 8-10.
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Oct 2021
Are industrial organizations a target for cybercriminals?
Kaspersky ICS CERT experts virtually provided ICS Training for Executives
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Nov 2020
Kaspersky ICS CERT goes virtual with the Deggendorf Institute of Technology!
Kaspersky’s mission incorporates education on all levels, including collaborations with universities. As part of this mission, we have been working with the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) for the past eighteen months.
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Jan 2020
Kaspersky conducts ICS digital forensics and incident response training course in China
Beijing, 23-27 December 2019: Kaspersky ICS CERT together with the China Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (CIC) conducted a training course on digital forensics and incident response in industrial control systems.
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Oct 2021
Applied industrial cybersecurity by Kaspersky at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology
October 14 and 15, 2019, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts provided an exclusive two-day training program on applied industrial cybersecurity at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) for graduate students specializing in cybersecurity, as well as for 30 students from various DIT courses.
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Nov 2019
7th Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity Conference
Kaspersky’s seventh international conference dedicated to industrial cybersecurity took place on September 18-20 in Sochi, Russia.
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Apr 2019
Kaspersky Industrial CTF 2019 Finals Results
The finals of the Kaspersky Industrial CTF, an industrial cybersecurity contest, were just held in Singapore. The winner is the LC/BC team from Russia
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Apr 2019
Cybersecurity Insight – MIT workshops in partnership with Kaspersky Lab
MIT held Cybersecurity Insight, providing presentations, practical workshops and an ICS CTF in partnership with Kaspersky Lab