Mobile applications used to help control internet-connected SCADA (industrial control and supervisory control and data acquisition) systems are riddled with security vulnerabilities which, if ...

Threats to aging supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, which monitor and control key industrial processes in critical infrastructure, have been growing in recent years. The latest ...

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In a slide presentation from the January 2006 BlackHat Federal Conference, David Maynor, was who was at that time an R&D research engineer for Internet Systems Security (ISS) X-Force and colleague ...

Computerized process-control systems run some of the most critical infrastructures in the U.S., such as power utilities, water treatment plants, chemical plants and mass-transit systems. Until ...

The use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) devices is growing. That growth is expected to continue to soar. According to research firm Frost & Sullivan SCADA revenues will grow from ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Heavy-industry firms — including energy ...

A risk assessment, combined with a vulnerability assessment and threat scenario analysis, specifically identifies cyber vulnerabilities that may require elimination from a pipeline system. Elimination ...

In this second of two reports, we continue with a summary of the January 2006 BlackHat Federal Conference presentation by David Maynor, who was at that time an R&D research engineer for Internet ...