ICS-SCADA

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2023
New CosmicEnergy ICS malware threatens energy grid assets

Experts detailed a new piece of malware, named CosmicEnergy, that is linked to Russia and targets industrial control systems (ICS).  Researchers from Mandiant discovered a new malware, named CosmicEnergy, designed to target operational technology (OT) / industrial control system (ICS) systems. The malicious code was first uploaded to a public malware scanning service in December 2021 by […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2019
Kaspersky found dozens of flaws in 4 open-source VNC software

Kaspersky researchers found dozens of flaws in four popular open-source virtual network computing (VNC) systems. Experts from Kaspersky analyzed several different implementations of a remote access system called Virtual Network Computing (VNC) and identified a number of memory corruption vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities found by the experts could lead to remote code execution. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2015
Schneider Electric SCADA Gateway contains Hard-Coded FTP Credentials

Narendra Shinde of Qualys Security has identified multiple vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric’s ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway. ICS-SCADA systems are critical components of for our society, they are often vital system inside critical infrastructure, but we still continue to discover naive vulnerabilities in the software they run. The latest surprising discovery was made by security experts […]