Microsoft Releases New-Open Source Tool for OT Security

ICSpector Is Now on GitHub, Scans PLCs, Extracts Info and Detects Malicious Code Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 26, 2024

Microsoft has released a new open-source security tool to close gaps in threat analysis for industrial control systems and help address increased nation-state attacks on critical infrastructure.

See Also: How a Large Manufacturer Boosted Its Protection Against a New Wave of Cyberattack

The new tool, called ICSpector, is built on an open-source framework that facilitates the examination of industrial programmable logic controllers - a set of hardware and software components that are used for managing and controlling different operations within an industrial environment.

While PLCs are integral to industrial control systems and are used in water and power grid systems, analyzing them poses challenges because of a lack of adequate threat detection tools and a dearth of expertise in the sector, according to Microsoft. OT analysis often involves sorting through ...