Today’s LiveWire Spotlight assesses the most current cyber security vulnerability summaries posted by the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT). It steps through four surprisingly high susceptibilities in commonly available platforms that could lead to serious BES risk if they were exploited by cyber terrorists.
The number and sophistication level of cyber-attacks aimed at industrial control systems are growing exponentially. Thus, BES Cyber System owners/operators should regularly monitor security advisory sites like ICS-CERT’s and act on any relevant recommendation.