Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. H2 2023

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. H2 2023

Global statistics across all threats


In the second half of 2023, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 2.1 pp to 31.9%.


Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, by half year


Selected industries


In H2 2023, building automation once again had the highest percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked of all industries that we looked at. Oil and Gas was the only industry to see a slight (0.5 pp) increase in the second half of the year.


Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked in selected industries


Main threat sources


The internet, email clients and removable media remained the main sources of threats to computers connected to enterprise OT networks. In the second half of 2023, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked dropped for each of the main sources.


Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects from various sources were blocked


Malicious object categories


Malicious objects blocked by Kaspersky products on ICS computers belonged to many categories. In H2 2023, only one category saw an increase on the first half of the year: ICS computers on which miner executable files for Windows were blocked, by 1.4 times.



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