“SCADA systems plagued by insecure development and slow patching”

In a new report released by Trend Micro, researchers share details of their examination and discovery of vulnerabilities affecting Human Machine Interfaces of SCADA systems. As various segments of the critical infrastructure rely on SCADA systems to function, attacks targeting SCADA systems can have an extensive impact on multiple systems within the critical infrastructure. HMIs are the logical doorways for an attack as an attacker can perform any malicious activity on the critical infrastructure if these points are infiltrated. This article further discusses the findings of vulnerabilities within HMIs, errors in the development and patching of SCADA systems, and suggestions for detecting vulnerabilities within HMI solutions. 

Help Net Security reports “SCADA systems plagued by insecure development and slow patching”