Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT has analysed the OPC UA protocol, designed for secure data transfer between servers and clients in industrial systems, including critical infrastructure. Analysis discovered 17 zero-day vulnerabilities in the protocol’s implementation, leading to denial-of-service threat attacks, as well as remote code execution.
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Implementing cybersecurity in a smart environment
As the stakes between cyber attackers and their targets continue to rise over the coming years, the value of cybersecurity knowledge will only increase. Cybersecurity in 2020 will be marked by subtler, intelligence-led tactics, complemented by human insight and analysis. Threat deception, either on its own or as part of a multi-layered anti-targeted attack process, will be an integral part of this.
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