All news with #ot security tag

🔒CISA, alongside the FBI, NSA, DOE, EPA, the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, and international partners, published a joint advisory describing opportunistic pro-Russia hacktivist activity targeting operational technology (OT) systems. These groups exploit minimally secured, internet-facing VNC connections to access OT control devices and have caused varying impacts, including physical damage. Named actors include Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, Z-Pentest, NoName057(16), and Sector16. The advisory recommends reducing internet exposure of OT assets, adopting mature asset-management and mapping practices, and enforcing robust authentication.

⚠️ CISA and international partner agencies have issued guidance warning that integrating AI into operational technology (OT) for critical infrastructure can introduce new security and safety risks. The guidance highlights threats such as prompt injection, data poisoning, data collection issues, AI drift and hallucinations, as well as human de‑skilling and cognitive overload. It urges adoption of secure design principles, cautious deployment, operator education and consideration of in‑house development to retain long‑term control.

🔐 The SANS State of ICS/OT Security 2025 report, sponsored by Fortinet, highlights persistent operational risks across critical infrastructure, with high incident rates, extended remediation times, and remote-access exposures. It calls for treating mean time to recovery (MTTR) as a board-level metric, unifying IT/OT visibility, and automating response playbooks. The analysis urges replacing ad hoc remote connectivity with secure, monitored access and integrating OT-specific threat intelligence into enforcement; FortiPAM and FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services are cited as solutions to improve segmentation, detection, and recovery.

⚠️ The NSA, together with the Australian Signals Directorate and allied security agencies, published the Principles for the Secure Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Operational Technology to highlight emerging risks as AI is applied to safety-critical OT networks. The guidance flags adversarial prompt injection, data poisoning, AI drift, hallucinations, loss of explainability, human de-skilling and alert fatigue as primary concerns. It urges operators to adopt CISA secure design practices, maintain accurate asset inventories, consider in-house development tradeoffs, and apply rigorous oversight before deploying AI in OT environments.

🛡️ US and allied cyber agencies have published joint guidance to help critical infrastructure operators incorporate AI safely into operational technology (OT). Developed by CISA with the Australian Signals Directorate and input from the UK's NCSC, the document covers ML, LLMs and AI agents while remaining applicable to traditional automation systems. It recommends assessing AI risks, protecting sensitive OT data, demanding vendor transparency on embedded AI and supply chains, establishing governance and testing in controlled environments, and maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight aligned with existing cybersecurity frameworks.

🔒 Operational technology (OT) environments underpin critical infrastructure but frequently lag behind IT in cybersecurity maturity. Strong password policies mitigate risks from outdated hardware, shared accounts, remote vendor access, and credential reuse. Core measures include prioritizing password length, enforcing rotation with reuse prevention, and adopting password vaults. Combined with MFA, network segmentation and Privileged Access Workstations, these practices form a resilient OT security posture.

🔒 Johnson Controls reported an improper validation of certificate expiration in iSTAR access control panels that can prevent devices from re-establishing communication when the default certificate expires. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-61736, carries a CVSS v4 base score of 7.1 and a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5. Affected units are those running versions prior to TLS 1.2. Recommended mitigations include deploying host-based certificates, migrating clusters to TLS 1.3 (requires firmware/C•CURE updates), or upgrading legacy panels to G2 hardware.

🔒 CISA warns of two critical vulnerabilities in Sunbird DCIM dcTrack and Power IQ appliances that could enable unauthorized access or credential theft. One is an authentication bypass via alternate remote-access channels (CVE-2025-66238); the other involves hard‑coded/default credentials (CVE-2025-66237) with a CVSS v4 high score of 8.4. Sunbird has released fixes (dcTrack 9.2.3, Power IQ 9.2.1); until systems are updated, CISA recommends restricting SSH and nonessential ports, changing deployment passwords, isolating control networks behind firewalls, and using secure VPNs for remote access.

🔒 CISA warns that Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2 contains a cleartext storage vulnerability (CVE-2025-3784) that can expose credentials stored in project files. The issue affects all versions and may allow a local attacker with file access to open password-protected projects and read or modify project data. A vendor fix is under development; organizations should restrict access, block untrusted remote logins, and follow the mitigations recommended by Mitsubishi Electric and CISA.

🔔 On December 4, 2025, CISA published nine Industrial Control Systems advisories addressing vulnerabilities in products from Mitsubishi Electric, MAXHUB, Johnson Controls, Sunbird, SolisCloud, and Advantech. The release also includes updated advisories for Consilium Safety CS5000 and Johnson Controls FX families. Each advisory provides technical details, affected versions, and recommended mitigations. Administrators are encouraged to review the advisories and apply vendor guidance promptly.

🔒 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre published a joint guide outlining four principles to safely integrate AI into operational technology (OT). The guidance emphasizes educating personnel, assessing AI uses and data risks, establishing governance, and embedding safety and security. It focuses on ML, LLMs, and AI agents while remaining applicable to other automation approaches. CISA and international partners encourage OT owners and operators to adopt these risk-informed practices to protect critical infrastructure.

🔒 CISA and the Australian Signals Directorate released joint guidance, Principles for the Secure Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Operational Technology, to help critical infrastructure owners and operators balance AI benefits with OT safety and reliability. The guidance focuses on ML, LLMs, and AI agents while remaining applicable to traditional statistical and logic-based systems. It emphasizes four core areas—Understand AI, Assess AI Use in OT, Establish AI Governance, and Embed Safety and Security—and recommends integrating AI considerations into incident response and compliance activities.

⚠️ Industrial Video & Control Longwatch versions 6.309–6.334 contain a code injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated HTTP GET requests to execute arbitrary code, resulting in SYSTEM-level remote code execution. CISA assigns high severity (CVSS v4 9.3; CVSS v3.1 9.8) and recommends upgrading to version 6.335 or later. Reduce network exposure, isolate control networks behind firewalls, and use secure remote access methods while applying the vendor patch.

⚠️ Mirion Medical's EC2 Software NMIS BioDose versions prior to 23.0 contain multiple high-severity vulnerabilities (CVSS v4: 8.7) that are remotely exploitable and can enable code execution, data disclosure, and unauthorized access. The issues include incorrect permission assignment, client-side authentication, and hard-coded credentials affecting installed executables, the embedded SQL Server, and database accounts. Mirion recommends updating to v23.0 or later; CISA advises isolating control networks, minimizing exposure, and using secure remote access while performing impact analysis.

🛡️ CISA released five Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories detailing vulnerabilities, impacts, and recommended mitigations for affected products. Affected vendors include Industrial Video & Control (Longwatch), Iskra (iHUB/iHUB Lite), Mirion Medical (EC2 NMIS BioDose), and two updates for Mitsubishi Electric products. Administrators and operators are urged to review the advisories and apply recommended mitigations promptly to reduce operational and safety risks.

🔒 CISA reports a high‑severity Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability (CVE-2025-13510) affecting all versions of Iskra’s iHUB and iHUB Lite smart metering gateways, where the web management interface requires no credentials. With a CVSS v4 base score of 9.3, an unauthenticated remote attacker could reconfigure devices, update firmware, and manipulate connected systems. Iskra did not respond to coordination requests; CISA recommends isolating devices from the Internet, placing them behind firewalls, and using secure remote access methods such as VPNs while recognizing their limitations.

🔒 Kaspersky has released a major update to Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security, targeting the unique risks of legacy and resource-constrained devices. The Windows edition introduces a behavioral analysis engine plus Automatic Exploit Prevention, Anti-Cryptor, a Remediation Engine, BadUSB protection, a firewall, and a security status indicator. The Linux edition adds certificate-based allowlisting and Web Threat Protection to simplify safe updates and guard web-enabled embedded devices. Planned Q1 2026 improvements include MDR integration, BadUSB for Linux, and ARM support.

⚠️ CISA has added an actively exploited cross-site scripting flaw, CVE-2021-26829, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after reports of operational abuse against OpenPLC ScadaBR. The XSS affects Windows 1.12.4 and Linux 0.9.1 via system_settings.shtm and was used to deface HMI pages and disable logs. Federal civilian agencies must remediate by December 19, 2025; operators should apply vendor fixes, change default credentials, enable logging and monitor for web-layer manipulation and outbound callbacks.

⚠️ SiRcom SMART Alert (SiSA) version 3.0.48 contains a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability that allows unauthenticated access to backend APIs and bypass of the login screen using browser developer tools. Assigned CVE-2025-13483, the issue has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 and a CVSS v4 base score of 8.8. Exploitation could enable remote activation or manipulation of emergency sirens, and CISA reports no vendor coordination; network isolation and secure remote access are recommended.

⚠️ Festo has disclosed two critical vulnerabilities affecting multiple Compact Vision System, control block, controller, and operator unit products, with CVSS ratings up to 9.8. One issue stems from an insecure default that allows remote, unauthenticated access if passwords are not enabled; the other permits an authenticated attacker to read or modify configuration files. Festo and CERT@VDE recommend enabling password protection, using online user management where applicable, and minimizing network exposure of affected devices.