DTM Component Vulnerabilities Expose Critical Control Systems to Cyberattacks

  • 17 October 2014
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By Eduard Kovacs on October 17, 2014
 
AMSTERDAM - BLACK HAT EUROPE - Researchers have found that the components of a specification designed to ease the management of industrial control systems (ICS) contains serious vulnerabilities.
Alexander Bolshev and Gleb Cherbov, researchers at Russia-based Digital Security, have been analyzing the security of ICS with focus on the Field Device Tool / Device Type Manager (FDT/DTM) specification. The experts presented their findings at the Black Hat Europe security conference taking place in Amsterdam this week.
Industrial facilities can use thousands of field devices developed by various companies. The problem is that these devices can use different communication protocols, making their management a difficult task. The need to solve this challenge has led to the creation of the FDT Group, an organization that's responsible for the development of the FDT/DTM specification.
 
 
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