OSIsoft is back again as a S4xCTF sponsor, and they are bringing back Killer Robots, Inc. with new and unsolved flags from last year. Enter Harry Paul of OSIsoft to give you some information and hints to help you get some of the PI System related flags in the S4x17...
See the S4x17 Agenda and Register Now We had a number of sponsors at S4x16 complain that few of the 300 attendees came to their talk, although a few were standing room only. So this year we were blunt, your sponsor session is competing against quality content on...
Submit and Vote on Questions for Justine Bone of MedSec I am pleased to announce that Justine Bone of MedSec agreed to an interview on the Main Stage at S4x17. Vulnerability disclosure is and has been a contentious topic in ICS. I generally don’t write much...
Check out the S4x17 Agenda At A Glance and Register Now The industrial firewall and ICS anomaly detection markets are getting very crowded. The industrial firewall market is older, but it is still expanding both in specialized ICS firewalls and enterprise firewalls...
One of the nastiest aspects of the attack on the Ukrainian Electric Distribution System was bricking the Moxa Ethernet-to-Serial gateways. Industry insiders have known these little devices were a security problem. Reid goes over the timeline when it was disclosed to...
After two years establishing and running Digital Bond Labs, Reid and I have decided that it makes more sense to run this as a stand alone business. So I have the honor to be the first to announce and congratulate Reid on his new company: RevICS. In all candor...
We have been preparing some new and interesting challenges for the S4 CTF this year, and I think that players will have a lot of fun with what we have in the works. We have a number of nice challenges that involve breaking and entering into our ‘Killer Robot...
There are two weeks left to submit your session proposal for the S4x17 Main Stage or Stage 2: Technical Deep Dives. Take a look at the Call For Presentations and submit this month. Subscribe to The S4 Events YouTube Channel This S4xVideo is a great example of what we...
This guest post is by Michael Toecker of Context Industrial Security and a Digital Bond Alumnus. It first appeared on the SCADASEC list. I thought it was great, and Michael kindly allowed us to post it here. The world isn’t about just the process anymore,...
Way back at S4xJapan, 2015, Labs did a small research project on DNS domain squatting. We never thought that it would amount to much in terms of press, but did think that would be a useful talk to spur vendors into action before it was too late. Already we have...
