Security News > 2011 > April > Stuxnet-like attacks beckon as 50 new Scada threats discovered

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2045556/stuxnet-attacks-beckon-scada-threats-discovered By Phil Muncaster V3.co.uk 21 Apr 2011 Cyber criminals appear to be ramping up their interest in industrial control systems after research from application security management firm Idappcom found 52 new threats in March targeted at supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) systems of the sort hit by the infamous Stuxnet worm. Tony Haywood, chief technology officer at Idappcom, told V3.co.uk that hackers could be going for the systems as they are typically less well defended than more mainstream public facing IT systems. Scada systems are typically found in a variety of industrial plants ranging from water and waste treatment to food and pharmaceuticals and even nuclear power plants. As such, they play a vital role in the monitoring and production of key products and services, and could represent an attractive target for hacktivists seeking notoriety, or cyber criminals looking to extort money by threatening to disrupt the systems. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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