Vulnerabilities in control systems of power plants, military and production

There is a report that shows the last hours in the emergency created by Styx net memory, a sophisticated threat that last year has raised many important concerns about the possible repercussions. Several sites reported the news abroad that the researcher Luigi Auriemma would have detected and reported multiple vulnerabilities of products called SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).

This kind of device is used in industrial management and control of processes and notes from Auriemma also find a list of manufacturers involved in the problem: Beckh off Measure Soft, Rockwell, Carrel, Progea Azeo Tech and Cogent. These devices are used for the management of energy networks, to aerospace or military projects, so in scenarios of use are far from the end-user and highly strategic.

The vulnerabilities would allow the third parties 'execution of remote code and in some cases the construction of a Do S attack. As we wrote at the beginning, as identified by Luigi Auriemma reported Stux net the mind but also reflect on what makes computer security has strategic importance. Various online sources, citing major stakeholders, emphasize how embarrassing it is to discover similar problems of such systems is delegated to a task so critical and delicate.

Often it is assumed that the SCADA solutions are made to operate in an environment made safe by other infrastructure, but the problem arises when the system itself is exposed. Stux net has certainly brought attention to the problem, but as noted by Luigi Auriemma could be of concern, when some manufacturers have already solved the problems detected and is still waiting for official statements, discussions and explanations.


Posted by: Wasim Javed