performing-plc-firmware-security-analysis
performing-plc-firmware-security-analysis is a Penetration testing & red team skill for AI agents, published by 26zl in the cybersec-toolkit repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates performing-plc-firmware-security-analysis B (86/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.
This skill covers analyzing Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) firmware for security vulnerabilities including hardcoded credentials, insecure update mechanisms, backdoor functions, memory corruption flaws, and undocumented debug interfaces. It addresses firmware extraction from common PLC platforms (Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, Schneider Modicon), static analysis of firmware images, dynamic analysis in emulated environments, and comparison against known-good baselines to detect tampering.
- Grade
- B
- Quality
- 86 / 100
- Safety
- Passed
- GitHub stars
- 28
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Our review
- Architecture
- 94 / 100
- Maturity
- Packaged: licensed, with a version or references
- Security scan
- Low-risk patterns
- License
- MIT
- Adoption
- Adopted by 0 other repositories, in 18 collections
What the scanner flagged
- mentions secrets in text
Not checked yet
- Not judged on the rubric yet (not a contender in its category)
- No blind task eval yet
- Scope (portable / vendor / repo-internal) not assessed; only the top of each category is read for scope
- Sibling files (scripts, references) not fetched; security scan covers SKILL.md only
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