Walt Boyes

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According to Joe Weiss and several other experts, it is not likely that the HART hack reported at Digital Bond's S4 conference last week will work with a WirelessHART network. While the "man in the middle" attack reported by Alexander Bolshev does work for wired HART, the joining security of WirelessHART was designed specifically to keep a "man in the middle" attack from … [Read more...] about HART hack doesn't include WirelessHART #pauto #automation #HART

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Last week I reported that a serious vulnerability in the HART protocol was demonstrated at the S4 conference. It seems that this has not yet penetrated the consciousness of the process control world. This vulnerability, like the Target hack, and like Stuxnet, is a Control System Level 0 vulnerability. That is, it uses a field device or controller as its vector. As such it is … [Read more...] about Why the HART vulnerability is scary #pauto #HART #automation #cyber