Over the last few years, cyber-attacks on Operational Technology have increased rapidly in both frequency and scale. We are entering a new frontier in cyber defense, one in which protecting against increasingly sophisticated attacks and anticipating future developments in attacker tradecraft is crucial.

This whitepaper evaluates the development of known OT attack campaigns, and the wider progression of malware, in order to identify trends and extrapolate future scenarios.

Overview:

• Comparison chart of six major campaigns against Operational Technology
• Four cyber-attack trends and hallmarks of a sophisticated cyber-attack
• How machine learning will be leveraged by adversaries to optimize malware
• What a Triton 2.0 scenario could look like in the stages of reconnaissance, access, and persistence
• How Darktrace's AI can help fight back