OT/ICS Malware: A Brief Timeline
A control system that receives multiple inputs like raw material, transport, power, labor to obtain a finished product that includes many activities is said to be an Industrial Control System (ICS). ICS is considered to be isolated, static systems as ICS is considered to be highly risky as an incident could cost huge revenue loss, loss of human life, and a risk to the surrounding environment and hence is to be handled with the at most security and care. As per the surveys conducted by Kaspersky in 2019 among many Industrial sites it was understood that the ICS receives good funding for the security improvement, the survey also pointed out they have difficulty in finding employees who are experts in OT/ICS cybersecurity and also the difficulty for the employees in identifying and understanding a cyber-attack [1]. The growing technology raises new and improved attacks from hackers which possesses the difficulty in eliminating the cyber-attack concern for the OT/ICS. The last decade has s...