CISA April 7 Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLC mitigation advisory
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CISA and authoring agencies issued April 7 mitigation guidance for internet-facing OT assets, warning that US critical infrastructure operators using Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLCs face ongoing compromise risk. The advisory urges organizations to review TTPs and IOCs for signs of current or historical activity and apply the listed mitigations to reduce exposure.
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CISA issues mitigation guidance for internet-facing Rockwell PLC exposure
Mitigation Patch UpdateCISA issued urgent mitigation guidance for US critical infrastructure operators using internet-facing Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLCs, warning that attackers were targeting OT assets across government services and facilities, water and wastewater systems, and energy. The advisory described malicious use of Studio 5000 Logix Designer to create an "accepted connection" to targeted PLCs via overseas IP addresses and third-party hosted infrastructure, noted malicious traffic on ports 44818, 2222, 102, 22, and 502, and said port 22 activity involved Dropbear Secure Shell (SSH) software on victim endpoints for remote access; recommended actions included reviewing TTPs and IOCs, using secure gateways and firewalls, checking logs for suspicious traffic, and placing Rockwell Automation controllers in the run position.
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