New virus attacks industrial security system

TipsMake.com - Simens is warning customers about new dangerous viruses that can attack computers used to manage large-scale industrial control systems in factories and manufacturing enterprises.

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Simens noticed the virus on July 14. Representative Michael Krampe said in an email on Friday. ' The company immediately gathered experts to assess the situation. Simens is very cautious when alerting customers about the danger of this virus. '

Security experts believe that the virus has appeared and threatened to make people worry for years. Antivirus software was immediately put into the system running in factories and some parts of the factory.

Some people are concerned that the virus can be used to control the system, hinder operations, create more risks, but experts say recent code analysis has shown It turns out that the virus was created primarily to steal confidential information from manufacturing plants and industrial parks.

' It has all the standards of a spy software ' Jake Brodsky, an IT employee said.

Security system experts for other industries also agree with this idea, this dangerous software is complicated by attackers. It does not disclose other errors in Simens' system on PCs, but the settings directly affect the Windows operating system.

The virus that attacks Simens management software Simatic WinCC runs on Windows operating systems.

'Simens is learning more and will notify customers directly ' Krampe said ' We are urging customers to re-check their computer system with WinCC installation and use the latest antivirus software, while ensuring safe operating environment . "

Last Friday, Microsoft issued a warning about the virus, which said it would affect Windows operating systems including the latest version of Windows 7. The company also pointed out that the bugs were hacked. public.

Systems operating on Simens software called SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) are not connected to the internet for safety reasons, but the virus is spreading rapidly when USB devices are plugged into the computer.

Once the USB is plugged into the PC, Siment's Win CC system will scan the virus, according to Frank Boldevin, a security analyst and IT service provider in Germany, who also studied the code. ' This virus automatically copies on any USB they find, but if checked on Siemens software, it will immediately log in using the password,' he said in the interview.

'This is done because the SCADA system is often not formatted well with passwords that cannot be changed ,' Boldewin said.

The virus was discovered last month by researchers from BlokAda Virus , which has a bit of a reputation for virus removal in Belarus.

To run with Windows operating systems requires digital signals, often used in SCADA environments. This virus uses digital signals to attack and affect any content on the USB.

It is unlikely that the creator of this virus can log their code with a digital Realtek signal. But anyone who creates this virus will have to create special settings. Mc Grew, founder of McGrew Security, a researcher at the University of Mississippi, said. " If infiltrators want to infiltrate the computer, they will have to analyze the management system like Wonderware or RSLogix.

"Criminals will use the information on WinCC systems from manufacturers to fake products, " Eric Byres said.