ICS 2022

(Register) This 8-hour workshop will be a crash course in ICS vulnerabilities and exploitation, providing hands-on, practical training in the carrying out of attacks against various common types of ICS equipment found in the field, including an HMI, PLC and automated circuit breaker. Students will learn:

• Common ICS terminology and system architecture, including inherent flaws and typical mistakes made in system design which should be considered when planning an attack. 
• Modbus and Modbus/TCP architecture and functionality
• Python modules for interacting with Modbus-based systems, and writing scripts to interrogate and attack these systems
• Defensive methodologies and considerations in the face of how simple these attacks can be to carry out

Students should come prepared with the following equipment and knowledge: 

• A laptop running either Virtualbox, VMWare Workstation (not Player), Parallels, or VMWare Fusion
• An available Ethernet port on the laptop
• Ability to read technical documents written in English
• Experience writing basic Python scripts which incorporate modules and leverage functions and loops
• Basic Linux command line experience, including the ability to navigate directories, and launch application

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