Industrial Cybersecurity

Summary

As we saw in this chapter, a total system compromise can be a single vulnerability away. Playing out a scenario as presented here, where a single hole in the security leads to a targeted manipulations of temperatures, used in the PID loop that controls the steam supply of a digester with the purpose to cause a meltdown is a very hard thing to pull off. I takes skill, preparation, a deep understanding of ICS technologies in general and familiarity with the targeted ICS. More common consequences of Mark having a computer with a Java vulnerability going to a compromised website are drive-by downloads of malware like ransomware that will encrypt the victim's computer or  every computer on the victim's network. Also a devastating event ...