Shifting cyber threats menace factory floors

Shifting cyber threats menace factory floors
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-10-07

The factory floor of a modern paper manufacturing plant is a ballet of heavy machinery and razor-sharp blades, pressing, dying, rolling, unrolling and cutting dead tree pulp by the ton. To James Cupps, it's something else, too: a target rich environment for cyber attacks.

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Robotic welding equipment on the internet? 2004-10-08
Anonymous

Come on, is this the responsibility of the vendor? If you plug a closed system into the internet because the jack is the same size and they both use IP OF COURSE YOU'RE IN TROUBLE! Now get out there and find some real news!...

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Shifting cyber threats menace factory floors 2004-10-11
shoo

Good article, I was wondering when somebody will finally realise this serious security threat. Since several years I encountered several fully computerized door lock and floor control systems, accessible via ethernet.

Just good will nobody got locked up but seriously, this is an issue especially ...

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oh yeah? 2004-10-11
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Just wait til your drawbridge goes wireless. ...

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oh yeah? 2004-10-16
kinnison

...Ah, Whaddya mean "wait until?" War-training w/ Amtrak in the NE corridor reveals several bridged and powerplants with SSIDs called )you guessed it) "bridge" and "Pwrplnt".

Target rich environment......

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Shifting cyber threats menace factory floors -correction in reply 2004-10-12
Anonymous

I worry about drug companies who produce prescriptions for the world. but I am sure they have proper mechnisms for checking batches of prescription drugs produced via automation if in fact they use these types of systems right? of course, it would be very costly otherwise. I certianlly hope medicin...

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Shifting cyber threats menace factory floors 2004-10-13
Anonymous

I do not believe that it is not the responsibility of the software vendor to provide improved security. The proper design of secure networks can drastically reduce unauthorized access to these control systems. The problem is that rarely are control specialists (the people building these PLC networks...

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