Getting Physical: Emerging Cyberattacks
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MP4, 12 minutes]
A new kind of cyberattack, not on information systems but on physical control systems, is become more widespread and poses a serious risk for all industrialized countries. In this videocast, I outline some of the threats and give three examples of recent worrying scenarios that indicate how serious our vulnerabilities are and how open our infrastructure is to attack.
Followup links:
the video made by Idaho National Labs for the Department of Homeland Security showing the Aurora generator attack;
an article about Aurora;
Billy Rios's Black Hat conference presentation about the vulnerabilities he exposed in TSA machines;
an article about the New Jersey HVAC attack;
the Shodan search engine that attackers can use to find control systems that are online.
These podcasts are written and read by
Daniel Jackson. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of MIT or Accenture. All similarities to real people (or software), living or dead, are coincidental. No animals or software developers were harmed in this production.
Introductory music used with kind permission of
Chris Breemer via the
Piano Society.
Copyright 2015, Daniel Jackson