Most Vulns Exploited By Stuxnet Worm Remain Unpatched 44
chicksdaddy writes with this excerpt from ThreatPost: "The media storm over the Stuxnet worm may have passed, but many of the software holes that were used by the worm remain unpatched and leave Siemens customers open to a wide range of potentially damaging cyber attacks, according to industrial control system expert Ralph Langner. Writing on his personal blog, Langner said that critical vulnerabilities remain in Windows-based management applications and software used to directly manage industrial controllers by Siemens Inc., whose products were targeted by the Stuxnet worm, Threatpost reports."
Vulns? (Score:5, Interesting)
When did vulns become a word?
And is it really a new story that many companies don't patch immediately for every vulnerability out there?
Blackhat (Score:2, Interesting)
The blackhat presentation that supposedly will happen, though i believe the presentation will be killed at the last minute if not sooner, will shed light on a system that NO ONE at the top wants people to know about.
These systems are EVERYWHERE. They are ALL broken.
This isn't "chicken little", the DHS has already put an end to full disclosure of SCADA vulnerabilities and that only happens when they're REALLY scared.
People deserve to know the truth about these systems. If they are attacked it's the direct responsibility of the people who implemented the systems which will turn out to be lowest bidder contracted help with little to no dedication to security.
WE DESERVE EVERYTHING WE GET!