Threat landscape for industrial automation systems, Q1 2024

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems, Q1 2024

Global statistics


Statistics across all threats


In the first quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 0.3 pp from the previous quarter to 24.4%.


Compared to the first quarter of 2023, the percentage decreased by 1.3 pp.


Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, by quarter, 2022–2024


Selected industries


Building automation has historically led the surveyed industries in terms of the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked.


Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked in selected industries


In the first quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS machines that blocked malicious objects decreased across all industries.


Diversity of detected malware


In the first quarter of 2024, Kaspersky’s protection solutions blocked malware from 10,865 different families belonging to various categories on industrial automation systems.


Percentage of ICS computers on which the activity of malicious objects in various categories was prevented


Compared to the previous quarter, in the first quarter of 2024, the most significant increase in the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects in various categories were blocked was detected for AutoCAD malware: by 1.16 times.


Main threat sources


The internet, email clients, and removable storage devices remain the primary sources of threats to computers in an organization’s operating technology infrastructure. Note that the sources ..

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