On April 13, the Department of Energy (DOE), along with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), issued a joint cybersecurity advisory, “APT Cyber Tools Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices,” to warn that certain advanced persistent threat (APT) actors have the capability to gain full system access to multiple industrial control system/supervisory control and data acquisition (ICS/SCADA) devices.
This advisory provides detection and mitigations recommendations for all critical infrastructure organizations to detect potential malicious APT activity. By leveraging custom-made tools for targeted ICS/SCADA devices, APT actors can control affected devices and maintain full system access, potentially lead to a disruption of critical devices or functions.
ICS/SCADA devices that are at risk of exploitation include certain:
- Schneider Electric MODICON and MODICON Nano programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Omron Sysmac NJ and NX PLCs
- Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) servers
Read the full report here.
Source: NSA
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