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SCADA
(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control system that is used in myriad applications, including manufacturing, communications, distribution (water, gas, power) and heating,...
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Definition: SCADA
(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control system that is used in myriad applications, including manufacturing, communications, distribution (water, gas, power) and heating, cooling and security in buildings. A SCADA system collects data from sensors in local and remote locations and sends them to central computers to control local machinery. See SCADA attack, DCS, DNP3 and ICCP.
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How SCADA highlights the futility of finding security vulnerabilities
Pete Lindstrom argues that 'irresponsible' disclosure of security holes in SCADA systems could put human lives at risk and calls on the security research community to start thinking about the...
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Utilities caught flat-footed in smart-grid security
New research predicts more than $4.1 billion will be spent by 2018 to secure SCADA and industrial control systems.
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Illinois water pump hack - no Russian invasion
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SCADA systems at the Water utilities in Illinois, Houston, hacked
According to reports, the SCADA systems at the Water utilities in Illinois, Houston were recently hacked by a malicious attacker using the handle "pr0f".
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Researcher releases details on 6 SCADA vulnerabilities
Italian security researcher Luigi Auriemma has released details and proof of concept code for 6 vulnerabilities affecting popular SCADA systems.
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Researchers release details on 34 SCADA vulnerabilities
Security researcher Luigi Auriemma has released proof of concept code for 34 vulnerabilities affecting popular SCADA systems.
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Metasploit and SCADA exploits: dawn of a new era?
On 18 October, 2010 a significant event occurred concerning threats to SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) environments. Let's think through the ramifications.
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Expert: Critical system flaws a 'ticking time bomb'
security issues in critical infrastructure affecting every single person gives great cause for alarm, an expert said at the Black Hat conference here on Wednesday.
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Conficker infected critical hospital equipment
The Conficker worm infected several hundred machines and critical medical equipment in an undisclosed number of hospitals recently, a security expert said at the RSA Conference.
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The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?
Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report...
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"Zombies ahead!" sign says something about SCADA security
An electronic road sign hacked to alert drivers to hoards of the undead provides a nice pedagogical example of why SCADA security is such a "big deal". Earlier this week a road sign was hacked to...
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Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction
SCADA scares me, and I've seen enough things on the Internet to be desensitized to many things, but attacks against SCADA threaten our national security in a very real and topical way by attacking...
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Blowing up generators remotely
Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory have shown that it's possible to remotely hack into a control system for an electrical generator and cause it to fail--not just stop, but...
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Blackout: 50 Million People Should Not Have Lost Power
While every indication is that the massive blackout across North America that left more than 50 million people without power was caused by a cascade of catastrophic events, it clearly showed that...
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Cyberterrorists don't care about your PC
Robert Vamosi says the underlying systems that control the local power grids, the local drinking water treatment facilities, and the gas that's used to heat our homes are vulnerable, and a...
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Perspective on the News: The final NERC report - power ready
The North American Electric Reliability Council this week issued its final diagnosis of the U.S. and Canadian power grids' Y2K readiness, and the news is good. According to NERC, "the transition...
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How SCADA highlights the futility of finding security vulnerabilities
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Utilities caught flat-footed in smart-grid security
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Illinois water pump hack - no Russian invasion
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