Security researchers warn about widespread vulnerabilities in protocol gateways, small devices that connect industrial machinery and sensors to TCP/IP networks that are used to automate and control them. New research published this week by Trend Micro and presented at the Black Hat USA virtual security conference highlights a new threat via protocol translation attacks and reveals 9 flaws found in protocol gateways from different vendors.
The identified vulnerabilities can enable various attack scenarios, from issuing stealth commands that could sabotage the operational process to gaining unauthorized access, decrypting configuration databases, exposing sensitive information and crashing critical equipment.
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