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Vol. 1 · Ed. 2026
CyberGlossary
Entry № 924

Pipedream / Incontroller

Pipedream / Incontroller 是什么?

Pipedream / IncontrollerA modular ICS-attack toolkit disclosed by U.S. CISA, Dragos, and Mandiant in April 2022 — attributed by some to a Russian state actor — capable of discovering and disrupting Schneider Electric, OMRON, and OPC UA-based industrial controllers.


Pipedream (Dragos) — also called Incontroller (Mandiant) — is a custom ICS attack framework disclosed in a U.S. CISA / DOE / NSA / FBI joint advisory in April 2022. Unlike earlier targeted ICS malware (Stuxnet, Industroyer, Triton) that hit a single victim, Pipedream is a modular toolset designed to enumerate and manipulate large families of industrial controllers — Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs, OMRON Sysmac NEX PLCs, and any OPC UA server — for reconnaissance, configuration change, denial of service, and selective disruption. Its discovery as a fully built capability before observed deployment ('left of boom' in ICS terms) led Dragos to publicly attribute it to a state-aligned actor they track as CHERNOVITE, widely reported as Russia-linked. Pipedream tooling can scan engineering networks for target devices, brute-force credentials, modify ladder logic, disable safety systems, and selectively crash controllers. Defenses focus on robust IT/OT segmentation, removal of internet-exposed engineering interfaces, signed-firmware enforcement, and OT-specific NDR (Dragos Platform, Claroty xDome, Nozomi Guardian) tuned for the framework's documented IOCs.

示例

  1. 01

    A Pipedream module enumerates Schneider Modicon PLCs on an engineering network, reads ladder logic, and stages selective writes to disable safety interlocks.

  2. 02

    An OT defender rules out Pipedream-like access by removing direct internet-exposed Modbus/OPC UA endpoints and putting engineering workstations behind a jump host with phishing-resistant MFA.

常见问题

Pipedream / Incontroller 是什么?

A modular ICS-attack toolkit disclosed by U.S. CISA, Dragos, and Mandiant in April 2022 — attributed by some to a Russian state actor — capable of discovering and disrupting Schneider Electric, OMRON, and OPC UA-based industrial controllers. 它属于网络安全的 OT / ICS / 物联网 分类。

Pipedream / Incontroller 是什么意思?

A modular ICS-attack toolkit disclosed by U.S. CISA, Dragos, and Mandiant in April 2022 — attributed by some to a Russian state actor — capable of discovering and disrupting Schneider Electric, OMRON, and OPC UA-based industrial controllers.

Pipedream / Incontroller 是如何工作的?

Pipedream (Dragos) — also called Incontroller (Mandiant) — is a custom ICS attack framework disclosed in a U.S. CISA / DOE / NSA / FBI joint advisory in April 2022. Unlike earlier targeted ICS malware (Stuxnet, Industroyer, Triton) that hit a single victim, Pipedream is a modular toolset designed to enumerate and manipulate large families of industrial controllers — Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs, OMRON Sysmac NEX PLCs, and any OPC UA server — for reconnaissance, configuration change, denial of service, and selective disruption. Its discovery as a fully built capability before observed deployment ('left of boom' in ICS terms) led Dragos to publicly attribute it to a state-aligned actor they track as CHERNOVITE, widely reported as Russia-linked. Pipedream tooling can scan engineering networks for target devices, brute-force credentials, modify ladder logic, disable safety systems, and selectively crash controllers. Defenses focus on robust IT/OT segmentation, removal of internet-exposed engineering interfaces, signed-firmware enforcement, and OT-specific NDR (Dragos Platform, Claroty xDome, Nozomi Guardian) tuned for the framework's documented IOCs.

如何防御 Pipedream / Incontroller?

针对 Pipedream / Incontroller 的防御通常结合技术控制与运营实践,详见上方完整定义。

Pipedream / Incontroller 还有哪些其他名称?

常见的别称包括: Pipedream, Incontroller, CHERNOVITE toolkit。

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