John The Ripper cracks Siemens PLC passwords 

John The Ripper cracks Siemens PLC passwords

In Applications - 14 May 2013 4:53 PM
Tool gets a facelift.
Honeypot lures SCADA and PLC hackers 

Honeypot lures SCADA and PLC hackers

In Hackers - By Danielle Walker, 19 March 2013 9:08 AM
Most attacks traced to China.
Twenty-three zero day holes found in SCADA systems 

Twenty-three zero day holes found in SCADA systems

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 29 November 2012 12:17 PM
Systems open to remote code execution, denial of service attacks.
Researcher releases tools to switch off PLCs 

Researcher releases tools to switch off PLCs

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 29 October 2012 5:27 PM
System runs online without authentication.
Kaspersky to create secure ICS operating system 

Kaspersky to create secure ICS operating system

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 18 October 2012 6:50 AM
Fends off malware.
ICS security firms targeted in phishing campaign 

ICS security firms targeted in phishing campaign

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 14 June 2012 2:10 PM
Defence contractors, universities primed.
AusCERT2012: The SC Award winners 

AusCERT2012: The SC Award winners

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 18 May 2012 10:38 AM
AusCERT-SC Awards go off with a bang
AusCERT2012: Anti-virus a SCADA kill switch  

AusCERT2012: Anti-virus a SCADA kill switch

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 16 May 2012 12:24 PM
Can't build Stuxnet? Crack the operating system.
US gas companies under siege, DHS warns 

US gas companies under siege, DHS warns

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 8 May 2012 8:37 AM
Sustained attack proving difficult to quell.
Malware cuts Iran oil artery from the net  

Malware cuts Iran oil artery from the net

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 24 April 2012 12:02 PM
SCADA-based malware 'rare'.
CrySyS tool IDs new Duqu variant  

CrySyS tool IDs new Duqu variant

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 23 March 2012 1:05 PM
'Son-of-Stuxnet' ducks, fails, anti-virus check.
Anonymous: Power grid concerns are US Govt spin 

Anonymous: Power grid concerns are US Govt spin

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 22 February 2012 11:50 AM
Collective suspicions remain.
IDS snorts out SCADA bugs 

IDS snorts out SCADA bugs

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 12 January 2012 11:21 AM
Follows Metasploit upgrade.
US Govt probes infosec gaps in power grid 

US Govt probes infosec gaps in power grid

In Risk - By Stephen Lawton, 10 January 2012 10:07 AM
US states in charge during cyber attacks.
Process control security an IT thing says Sourcefire 

Process control security an IT thing says Sourcefire

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 25 November 2011 1:59 AM
"Nine times out of 10 SCADA runs an old Windows system".
SCADA system password was @dmin 

SCADA system password was @dmin

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 23 November 2011 7:57 AM
Attack was "barely a hack".
Hackers breach water utilities 

Hackers breach water utilities

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 November 2011 9:49 AM
Cause water pump to burn out.
Duqu exploits zero-day Microsoft bug 

Duqu exploits zero-day Microsoft bug

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 2 November 2011 8:58 AM
But some say evidence on Stuxnet link is 'circumstantial at best'.
Stuxnet copycat rips through EU industrial control systems 

Stuxnet copycat rips through EU industrial control systems

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 19 October 2011 10:46 AM
Self-destructs after 36 days.
Zero day industrial control system exploits published 

Zero day industrial control system exploits published

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 15 September 2011 6:37 PM
Power, water and waste SCADA systems affected.
Byres sells SCADA businesses 

Byres sells SCADA businesses

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 2 September 2011 11:16 AM
SCADA critic will keep on blogging.
Siemens' security pummelled by researchers 

Siemens' security pummelled by researchers

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 8 August 2011 2:43 PM
Quality assurance questioned.
Researcher, Siemens lock horns over Scada exploits 

Researcher, Siemens lock horns over Scada exploits

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 8 June 2011 11:54 AM
Security holes in industrial controllers were exploited in real-world tests.
US SCADA talk pulled over exploit fears 

US SCADA talk pulled over exploit fears

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 20 May 2011 11:19 AM
A US talk on SCADA holes could have put lives at risk, the researchers say.
SCADA system security improves but attacks on radar  

SCADA system security improves but attacks on radar

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 16 May 2011 5:07 PM
Isolating utilities' networks is not the answer
NZ researchers find SCADA holes 

NZ researchers find SCADA holes

In Hackers - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 13 May 2011 7:16 AM
The US Cyber Emergency Response Team has warned of a critical vulnerability in two popular SCADA systems, found by security-assessment.com.
SCADA 'hacker' puts the wind up former bosses 

SCADA 'hacker' puts the wind up former bosses

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 19 April 2011 11:37 AM
A disgruntled former worker dobs himself in to a hacker mailing list.
US warns of SCADA flaws  

US warns of SCADA flaws

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 24 March 2011 3:42 PM
Nuclear plants and gas refineries at risk.
AG speech transcript creating cyberwarfare unit 

AG speech transcript creating cyberwarfare unit

In Hackers - 11 March 2011 10:13 AM
Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland unveils cyberspooks division.
Analysis: Stuxnet dissected 

Analysis: Stuxnet dissected

In Applications - By Brett Winterford, 23 February 2011 11:02 PM
How one of the world's most complex cyber attacks crippled Iran's nuclear programme.
From Stuxnet to Snoop: The infosec year in lists 

From Stuxnet to Snoop: The infosec year in lists

In Hackers - 10 December 2010 12:48 PM
SC Magazine US runs down the notable IT security news items for 2010.
CERT Australia chief headlines AISA Week 

CERT Australia chief headlines AISA Week

In Applications - By Nate Cochrane, 14 October 2010 10:36 AM
Stuxnet and critical infrastructure protection top of delegates' minds.
Microsoft repairs shortcut flaw leading to SCADA malware 

Microsoft repairs shortcut flaw leading to SCADA malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 3 August 2010 10:20 AM
Flaw affects Windows 7, Vista, XP, Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2.
AusCERT09: Googling our way to network apocalypse 

AusCERT09: Googling our way to network apocalypse

In Web/client - By Nate Cochrane, 19 May 2009 3:13 PM
Disabling Australia's critical infrastructure starts with a simple Google search, a security researcher warned today at a Gold Coast conference soon after another speaker told ...
CTO defends researcher's decision to reveal SCADA exploit 

CTO defends researcher's decision to reveal SCADA exploit

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 15 September 2008 11:52 AM
One technologist wants the public to understand why releasing exploit code for a dangerous vulnerability is sometimes the right thing to do.
SCADA customers' safe despite vulnerability: Citect 

SCADA customers' safe despite vulnerability: Citect

In Applications - 13 June 2008 11:49 AM
Citect which this week came under fire for a vulnerability in its SCADA software, commonly used in critical infrastructure, has reassured its customers that a breach is ...
New SCADA buffer overflow flaw revealed 

New SCADA buffer overflow flaw revealed

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 June 2008 2:53 PM
A vulnerability discovered in SCADA could grant a remote attacker control over critical infrastructure, researchers said on Wednesday.
Rare SCADA vulnerability discovered 

Rare SCADA vulnerability discovered

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 9 May 2008 10:05 AM
Researchers have discovered a rare bug in a Windows-based control software package used by as many as one-third of the world's industrial plants.
Consortium launches SCADA research project 

Consortium launches SCADA research project

By Marcia Savage, 9 March 2005 5:05 PM
A consortium of cybersecurity institutions has launched an $8.5 million research initiative to help secure supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems used in ...
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