A group of security researchers in Israel has discovered vulnerabilities in the Siemens S7 Simatic architecture that ultimately allowed them to build a phony engineering workstation that was able 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 ...

Critical flaws disclosed: Siemens and Schneider Electric detailed multiple high- and critical-severity vulnerabilities in industrial control products during May 2026 Patch Tuesday. Wide product impact ...

The Siemens Simatic S7-1500VF virtual PLC is a software-defined automation controller designed for failsafe automation applications, with safety functions up to SIL3 and PLe. With the fail-safe ...

A Russian security researcher has unleashed a brute-force password-cracking tool that can capture passwords for Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers (PLC), which run machinery in power plants and ...

The Siemens Simatic S7-1500 Technology CPUs 1516T(F), 1517T(F) and 1518T(F) have been upgraded. The display is now integrated into the CPU and the run/stop switch is replaced by two push buttons.

Integrating Siemens PLCs with IO-Link devices enables smarter automation, advanced diagnostics, and higher efficiency. Leveraging TIA Portal and compatible hardware ensures smooth communication from ...

Team82, the research arm of New York-based industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty, revealed on October 11, 2022, that they managed to extract heavily guarded, hardcoded cryptographic keys embedded ...

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 ...