Security Researcher from NSFOCUS Security Labs to Speak at Black Hat 2022 Europe

Security Researcher from NSFOCUS Security Labs to Speak at Black Hat 2022 Europe

December 7, 2022 | Adeline Zhang

Gao Jian at NSFOCUS Security Labs was invited to speak at the Black Hat 2022 Europe held at ExCel London, United Kindom from December 5 to 8, 2022.

Gao Jian specializes in industrial control system security, focusing on PLC and SCADA vulnerability exploitation and ICS security enhancement. He has helped many vendors, including Siemens, Codesys, Schneider, and ABB, to discover vulnerabilities and potential risks, and delivered more than 20 CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) to cve.org. He has previously spoken at HITB AMS/SIN, HITCON, ICS Cybersecurity Conference, and Shanghai Security Developers Summit.

The briefing topic Mr. Gao will share is Fuzzing and Breaking Security Functions of SIMATIC PLCs. It will take place on Thursday, December 8, from 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM (UTC+0h), at Capital Suite Room 4 (Level 3). Welcome to stop by!

Siemens SIMATIC PLC is probably the most famous in the world according to its market share and is widely used for critical infrastructures. In this speech, Mr. Gao will elaborate on the weaknesses of Siemens SIMATIC TIA V17, the latest version of Siemens PLC with enhanced security design, and give recommendations to users to prevent their equipment from being attacked.

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