SCADA Hacking: “Mysterious” Explosions and Fires at Russian Industrial Sites

Welcome back, my cyberwarrior heroes! As I mentioned in my second interview with David Bombal, the second round of the Ukraine/Russia Cyberwar will involve SCADA/ICS hacking. Recently, Russia once again attempted to hack Ukraine’s electrical grid (it successfully turned out the lights in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015) but was stymied by a stiff cyber […]

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SCADA Hacking: The Triton Malware Threat to SCADA/ICS Infrastructure

Welcome back, my aspiring SCADA cyber warriors! SCADA/ICS infrastructure is under continuous threat. These systems are crucial to any nation’s economic health and well-being and are the primary target in any cyber war. These systems include the electrical grid, waster water systems, manufacturing, petrochemical refining, chemical processing and nearly any industrial process. If an adversary […]

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SCADA Hacking: Attacking SCADA/ICS Systems through the Human Machine Interface (HMI)

Welcome back, my aspiring SCADA/ICS cyberwarriors! Let’s begin by congratulating you on your foresight in committing to study SCADA/ICS hacking and security. This is certainly THE most important security issue this decade! In general, SCADA/ICS hacks have been of two types; Hack the protocols (modbus, DNP3, Profitnet, etc); Hack the Human Machine Interface (HMI) In […]

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Network Forensics, Part 2: Detecting and Analyzing a SCADA DoS Attack

Welcome back, my aspiring network forensic investigators! Now that you have a basic understanding of Wireshark and have conducted an analysis of a malware attack using Wireshark, let’s expand our purview of network attacks to that critical but often overlooked area of IT security, SCADA/ICS security. Unlike most attacks on IT security, attacks on SCADA/ICS […]

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