COMPANY NEWS: Close to 10 years ago, Siemens introduced asymmetric cryptography into the integrated security architecture of its TIA Portal v12 and SIMATIC S7-1200/1500 PLC CPU firmware families. This ...

"In this talk, we present our investigation of the code running in the Siemens S7-1200 PLC bootloader and its security implications. Specifically, we will demonstrate that this bootloader, which to ...

Security researchers have found a way to extract a global encryption key that was hardcoded in the CPUs of several Siemens programmable logic controller (PLC) product lines, allowing them to ...

Researchers from ICS security vendor Claroty published details on a serious vulnerability they found in Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 PLCs that could allow an attacker to gain remote access to ...

Siemens recently issued a security advisory with workarounds and mitigations for a vulnerability uncovered by researchers in its S7-1200 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that could be used to ...

Dillon Beresford used a presentation at the Black Hat Briefings on Wednesday to detail more software vulnerabilities affecting industrial controllers from Siemens, including a serious remotely ...

Researchers create a self-propagating worm that can infect a Siemens’ PLC and can be programmed to bring an industrial control platform to its knees. LAS VEGAS – Security researchers at Black Hat USA ...

SCADA systems can now connect to Siemens PLCs via the Ignition OPC-UA Server. The Ignition Siemens Drivers Module includes three drivers that enable communications with Siemens S7-300, S7-400, and ...

In 2009, the computer worm Stuxnet crippled hundreds of centrifuges inside Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant by targeting the software running on the facility’s industrial computers, known as ...

LAS VEGAS --A security researcher has uncovered a slew of vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems, including a hard-coded password, that would let attackers reprogram the systems with ...