Siemens

The US government is looking into claims by a cyber security researcher that flaws in software for specialised networking equipment from Siemens could enable hackers to attack power plants and other critical systems.

Justin W Clarke, an expert in securing industrial control systems, disclosed at a conference in Los Angeles on Friday that he had figured out a way to spy on traffic moving through networking equipment manufactured by Siemens' RuggedCom division.

Siemens has lied to the press about security bugs that could affect critical infrastructure, according to a security expert who has made public the password for Siemens' machinery.

Billy Rios is a security engineer for a software company and has written on his personal blog that Siemens' SIMATIC systems can be easily hacked into and controlled remotely by anyone with an internet connection.

I thought it would be worthwhile to explore the Beresford backdoor. I recently picked up an old S7 Ethernet module and wanted to see if it contained anything similar.