Industrial control systems offer a soft target for attackers

Security gaps in key areas such as plain-text passwords, direct connections to the internet, and weak anti-virus protections are leaving industrial control systems vulnerable to attack according to a new report. The study from ICS security company CyberX also shows that although the use of Windows XP has declined over the last year there are still older, unpatchable, Windows systems in slightly more than half of all industrial sites. The CyberX report is based on analyzing real-world traffic from production ICS networks, making it an accurate representation of the current state of ICS security. The report is based on data… [Continue Reading]