An experimental investigation of malware attacks on SCADA systems
Critical Infrastructures are nowadays exposed to new kind of threats. The cause of such threats is related to
the large number of new vulnerabilities and architectural weaknesses introduced by the extensive use of ICT and
Network technologies into complex critical systems. Of particular interest are the set of vulnerabilities related to the
communication protocols normally known as \Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition" (SCADA) protocols, under
which fall those used to remotely control the RTU devices of industrial systems. In this paper we present the results
of our research on the e®ects of \traditional" ICT malwares on SCADA systems. Moreover, we present a proof of
concept of the potential e®ects of a set of computer malware speci¯cally designed and created in order to impact,
by taking advantage of some vulnerabilities of the ModBUS protocol, on a typical Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition system.
NAI FOVINO Igor;
CARCANO Andrea;
MASERA Marcelo;
TROMBETTA Alberto;
2009-11-20
Elsevier
JRC48548
1874-5482,
http://www.elsevier.com/copyright,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC48548,
10.1016/j.ijcip.2009.10.001,
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