SCADA Password Cracking Code Available

January 25, 2013 By Ali Loney

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Help Net Security – (International) SCADA password cracking code available. The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICSCERT) warned that a proof-of-concept exploit code was released that can brute force passwords to programmable logic controllers (PLC) before the vulnerability could be addressed by the manufacturer, Siemens.

Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14303

Tags: security, AppSec Spotlight

Written by Ali Loney

Ali Loney is a Senior UX Designer at Walmart Labs. She is based in Canada and was the former Graphic Designer at Sonatype.