Hugo Teso of n.runs had a detailed presentation on aircraft communications and systems and how to hack them at Hack-In-The-Box Amsterdam. Aviation companies were quick to disagree with Teso’s contentions. Outside our area of expertise so we can’t comment...
I am excited to announce that I have started working at Digital Bond. I have a bachelors degree in Computer Science from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. Before joining Digital Bond I worked at the Tennessee Valley Authority for over 6 years. In that time I...
Chris Jager is a freelance security consultant who is always looking for interesting projects related to NERC CIP or ICS cybersecurity. In this four-part guest post series, he goes over changes to the NERC CIP standards and challenges facing the industry as they...
In one year, April 9th, 2014, Windows XP is at End of Support, meaning that no new updates, security patches, or technical assistance will be available from Microsoft. Ever. If you are a responsible automation vendor, you’ve made plans to get your products...
Chris Jager is a freelance security consultant who is always looking for interesting projects related to NERC CIP or ICS cybersecurity. In this four-part guest post series, he goes over changes to the NERC CIP standards and challenges facing the industry as they...
For a bit of history that we all know, ICS wasn’t originally built to be patched and updated on a regular basis. In an automation world that demanded static systems that could perform their function day after day with limited intervention, this wasn’t...
A NATO research team of experts has determined that Stuxnet was an act of war. “Acts that kill or injure persons or destroy or damage objects are unambiguously uses of force.” The use of force is only allowed in self-defense. Want to weigh in on how government...
We added some brief, 15-minute sessions to S4x13, and Chris Sistrunk of Entergy briefly describes how they calculated the risk of each RTU in their system. They calculate the probability of compromise/failure based on the vendor/model, considering items like the age...
Chris Jager is a freelance security consultant who is always looking for interesting projects related to NERC CIP or ICS cybersecurity. In this four-part guest post series, he goes over changes to the NERC CIP standards and challenges facing the industry as they...
We have put up a Vimeo Portfolio that includes the ten S4x13 videos released to date. There are still a few more to come. You can always find the link to the S4x13 and S4 2012 video portfolios in the right column of the digitalbond.com home page. The US Dept of Energy...
