Cybersecurity researchers have elaborated a novel attack technique that weaponizes programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to gain an initial foothold in engineering workstations and subsequently invade the operational technology (OT) networks. Dubbed “Evil PLC” attack by industrial security firm Claroty, the issue impacts engineering workstation software from Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, GE, B&R, Xinje, OVARRO, and […]
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Nov
2016
Researchers have discovered a new attack method that could allow malicious actors to disrupt and manipulate the physical processes managed by programmable logic controllers (PLCs) without being detected. The attack method was detailed on Thursday at the Black Hat Europe 2016 security conference by Ali Abbasi, a Ph.D. candidate in the distributed and embedded system […]
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A security researcher from IOActive has identified two vulnerabilities in Siemens SCALANCE X-200 switches, devices used to connect components of Industrial Control Systems (ICS), such as Human Machine Interfaces and Programmable Logic Controllers. The first vulnerability affected the web server authentication component. It could have been exploited by cybercriminals to gain access to critical services […]
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