Sam Hanson

Sam is an Associate Principal Vulnerability Analyst at Dragos, specializing in vulnerabilities and malware affecting Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS). His expertise includes discovering 0-day vulnerabilities in industrial software, analyzing malware samples, and hunting for novel ICS-related capabilities in malware repositories. Sam has worked on high-profile ICS-related malware cases, including PIPEDREAM and Fuxnet. Sam has shared his research at multiple cybersecurity conferences, such as Dragos DISC (2022, 2023, 2024), BSides: Zurich, and BSides: Twin Cities.

For more on Sam’s work, visit https://sam-hanson.space.