Security News > 2019 > August > Vulnerabilities in Siemens’ most secure industrial PLCs can lead to industrial havoc

Critical vulnerabilities in the Siemens S7 Simatic programmable logic controller (PLC) have been discovered by cybersecurity researchers at Tel Aviv University and the Technion Institute of Technology. Prof. Avishai Wool and M.Sc student Uriel Malin of TAU’s School of Electrical Engineering worked together with Prof. Eli Biham and Dr. Sara Bitan of the Technion to disrupt the PLC’s functions and gain control of its operations. The scientists’ rogue engineering workstation posed as a so-called TIA … More → The post Vulnerabilities in Siemens’ most secure industrial PLCs can lead to industrial havoc appeared first on Help Net Security.

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