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  • Rugged, all-metal case 5.4 in x 8.9 in x 2.3 in
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Cyber Attacks
 

New PLC Malware Leverages Processor Problems to Go Dark

November 16, 2016
Robert Bergman

While this malware isn’t out in the wild and won’t be anytime soon, it highlights a common trait of all PLC’s – except Bedrock. It all starts with pins (our backplane is pinless). PLCs use specific configurations of input/output (I/O) pins to both monitor and control the status of specific hardware, sensors or tools.. Ali Abbasi, who will present his findings at the upcoming Black Hat Europe 2016 conference. designed this malware to highlight the next generation of potential issues and encourage manufacturers to correct existing PLC problems before sending new iterations to market. Abbasi’s PLC malware is able to switch the I/O configuration of PLC pins to fundamentally change the way the computer operates… the message? Go pinless….

 
Cyber Attacks

Hacking the Electronics Supply Chain: Easier Than you Think?

October 30, 2019
Robert Bergman

If you thought that hacking into an electronic manufacturer’s component supply chain required a fab of one’s own, think again. […]

Cyber Attacks

Securing The Digital Oil Field

July 1, 2019
Sam Galpin

Intrinsic cybersecurity, open standards and Moore’s law have converged to enable a new era of wellsite productivity improvement.   Petroleum […]

Cyber Attacks

Supply Chains Under Attack

June 27, 2019
Robert Bergman

More proof that the instrumentation and control industry is concerned about supply chain security is evident in the fact that […]