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cybersecurity2 months ago•11 min saved

U.S. Agencies Warn of AI-Driven Attacks on Siemens PLCs Amid Water Sector Breaches

U.S. government agencies issued an urgent advisory warning that threat actors are actively exploiting Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) using AI-generated scripts. The attacks target critical infrastructure, including water, energy, and manufacturing sectors, by leveraging known vulnerabilities and default credentials. While the immediate damage has been limited, the widespread nature of the breaches highlights significant vulnerabilities in U.S. critical infrastructure.

via CISA (.gov)|

#ai-threats #critical-infrastructure #cybersecurity

cybersecurity2 years ago•4 min saved

"Russian Hackers Employ LOTL Technique for Power Outage Attacks"

Russian state hackers known as Sandworm have adopted living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques to breach industrial control systems (ICS) more efficiently and with less detectable malware. In a recent attack on a Ukrainian critical infrastructure organization, Sandworm used a native binary to send commands to the SCADA system, resulting in a power outage. The hackers also deployed data-destroying malware to further disrupt the environment. Security researchers believe that Sandworm's shift to LOTL techniques and their ability to recognize new OT threat vectors indicate a growing maturity in Russia's offensive OT arsenal, making them capable of carrying out attacks against OT systems from different vendors.

via BleepingComputer|

#cybersecurity #industrial-control-systems #living-off-the-land-techniques