After reading Daniel’s SCADA Everywhere blog I decided to take a look on the Android marketplace. It appears there is very little control system software available for the Android platform. Of the applications I did find, there were a couple of home automation applications, a model train control application and a MODBUS/TCP appliction. [...]

We are pleased to announce the beta release of some Quickdraw software components today. Quickdraw is a Digital Bond research project funded by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This beta release is the first three SCADA IDS preprocessors that were the crux of the Quickdraw project. They are:

DNP3
Ethernet Industrial Protocol (EtherNet/IP and [...]

We released two new Modbus TCP IDS signatures and some improvements and updates today. The download of the entire new SCADA IDS package and links to the documentation are available on our IDS research page.
The new signatures identify Modbus scanners in two different ways.

SID 1111013, Modbus TCP – Function Code Scan, identifies a scanner attempting [...]

This demo has been making the rounds of the trade shows over the last couple of years. It is both simple and a powerful demonstration for those without an IT background. Basically, the Modbus protocol has virtually no security. It is easy to recover passwords using a sniffer, and in many cases [...]