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• William Knowles
• 29 Jun 2017

Offensive ICS Exploitation: A Description of an ICS CTF

A cybersecurity team demonstrated multiple attack vectors against industrial control systems (ICS) water treatment testbeds during a Capture the Flag competition. The attacks included establishing external command and control channels, overwriting historian database values, manipulating human-machine interfaces, and modifying programmable logic controller logic. Multiple techniques were used to compromise network systems and tamper with sensor data, exposing critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.