ICS Information Security Assurance Framework 21
March 17, 2020
What to Expect for ICS Security in the Coming Years
With the policy guidance of various ministries and commissions under the State Council, related financial support, and the increased emphasis on ICS security by ICS enterprises, the ICS information security will get on the fast track of development. With the advancement of “one network, one database, and three platforms” proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the introduction of Classified Protection of Information System Security 2.0 , and the introduction of Critical Information Infrastructure Security Protection Regulations , industrial security will see a very good opportunity for development. (more…)
Google Chrome Releases Updates for Remediation of the Zero-day Vulnerability (CVE-2020-6418) Threat Alert
March 16, 2020
Overview
On February 24, local time, Google released updates for fixing multiple vulnerabilities existing in the desktop Chrome browser, including the high-risk CVE-2020-6418 vulnerability that has been exploited by attackers in the wild.
CVE-2020-6418 is a type confusion vulnerability in V8, which is Google Chrome’s open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group. (more…)
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3943) Threat Alert
March 13, 2020
Overview
Recently, VMware released a security advisory, announcing remediation of a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-3943) in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter. VMware has evaluated the severity of this vulnerability to be in the critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.0. (more…)
IP Reputation Report-03082020
March 12, 2020
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Top 10 countries in attack counts:
- The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at March 8, 2020.
Fastjson 1.2.62 and Earlier Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Threat Alert
March 11, 2020
Vulnerability Description
On February 19, National Vulnerability Database (NVD) released a JNDI injection vulnerability (CVE-2020-8840) in jackson-databind. However, gadget deserialization in jackson-databind also affects Fastjson. According to researchers from NSFOCUS, when the AutoType fucntion is enabled (disabled by default), this vulnerability affects Fastjson 1.2.62, allowing attackers to result in remote arbitrary code execution on the target machine. (more…)
ICS Information Security Assurance Framework 20
March 10, 2020
Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry
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Overview
System introduction
Oil field exploitation is field work featuring strong fluidity, large quantities of scattered points, and a long distance. In the process of oil field exploitation, out of management requirements, the oil and gas management center connects to the gathering and transportation control center, gas processing plant control center, gas transmission initial station, and field control layer through an industrial network. Therefore, the system needs a large number of wired and wireless networks for data transmission and remote system management. (more…)
Jackson-databind Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-8840) Threat Alert
March 9, 2020
Vulnerability Description
On February 19, National Vulnerability Database (NVD) disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-8840) that resulted from JNDI injection in jackson-databind and assigned a CVSS score of 9.8. Affected versions of jackson-databind lack certain xbean-reflect/JNDI blocking, as demonstrated by org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.JndiConverter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause remote code execution via JNDI injection. Currently, the vendor has released new versions to fix this vulnerability. Affected users are advised to update their installation to the latest versions as soon as possible. (more…)
ICS Information Security Assurance Framework 19
March 6, 2020
Government Affairs
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SCADA System Architecture Used in Water Affairs
The SCADA system used in water affairs mainly consists of the operator workstation, engineering workstation, SCADA system of the water intake pump room, SCADA system of the drug dosing room, SCADA system of the backwashing system, SCADA system of the water supply pump room, and SCADA system of the dewatering pump room. Figure 4.13 shows the architecture. (more…)
IP Reputation Report-03012020
March 5, 2020
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Top 10 countries in attack counts:
- The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at March 1, 2020.
ICS Information Security Assurance Framework 18
March 4, 2020
Manufacturing Sector
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Network Architecture of a Cigarette Factory
The network architecture of a cigarette factory consists of the production network and management network, as shown in Figure. (more…)
