Echobot Malware Drives Significant Increase in Attacks targeting ICS and OT Infrastructure

guest · Feb 11, 2020

Echobot Malware Drives Significant Increase in OT Attacks
February 11, 2020
https://www.securityweek.com/echobot-malware-drives-significant-increase-ot-attacks

IBM’s 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index summarizes the most prominent threats observed by the company’s researchers last year, including OT threats.

Based on data derived from network event logs, IBM saw an increase of over 2000 percent in attacks targeting industrial control systems (ICS) and other OT assets compared to 2018.

“In fact, the number of events targeting OT assets in 2019 was greater than the activity volume observed in the past three years,” the company said in its report.
According to IBM, most of the OT attacks involved exploitation of known vulnerabilities and password-spraying attempts.
“X-Force expects that attacks against OT/ICS targets will continue to increase in 2020, as various threat actors plot and launch new campaigns against industrial networks across the globe. With more than 200 new ICS-related CVEs released in 2019, IBM X-Force’s vulnerability database shows that threats to ICS will likely continue to grow in 2020,” the company wrote in its report.
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IBM X-Force: X-Force Threat Intelligence Index Reveals Top Cybersecurity Risks of 2020

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Other Highlights From the Report
OT attacks hit an all-time high. Malicious activity targeting operational technology assets, most notably industrial control systems (ICS), increased 2000 percent year-over-year in 2019, marking the largest number of attempted attacks on ICS and OT infrastructure in three years.
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