Industrial Control Systems
The latest Industrial Control Systems coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
GE Vernova Issues Urgent Patch for CIMPLICITY DLL Hijacking Flaw Rated CVSS 7.0
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an advisory detailing a dangerous privilege escalation vulnerability in GE Vernova’s CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA platform....
Schneider Electric Patches Saitel DR RTU Flaw CVE-2025-8453 — DP RTU Fix Still Pending
Schneider Electric has shipped a firmware remedy for its Saitel DR Remote Terminal Units to plug a privilege management hole tracked as CVE-2025-8453, while a corresponding fix for the Saitel DP line...
CISA Flags Zero-Day in INVT VT-Designer and HMITool: Remote Code Execution via Malicious Files
A zero-day vulnerability in INVT's VT-Designer and HMITool engineering software lets attackers run arbitrary code on industrial control system (ICS) workstations simply by tricking a user into...
Schneider Electric Issues Emergency Firmware Fix for M340 PLC DoS Flaw (CVE-2025-6625)
Schneider Electric has released firmware updates to address a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in its Modicon M340 programmable logic controllers and associated communication modules....
CISA's Triple Threat: Mitsubishi HVAC 9.8, Unpatched MELSEC DoS, and Fujifilm Privilege Escalation
Mitsubishi Electric’s air conditioning controllers face a critical authentication bypass with a CVSS severity score of 9.8, leading a trio of industrial control system (ICS) and medical device...
Mitsubishi Electric Confirms Unpatched DoS Flaw in MELSEC iQ-F PLCs, Recommends Network Hardening
Mitsubishi Electric has disclosed a remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability in the embedded web server of its MELSEC iQ-F series programmable logic controllers, tracked under an internal...
CISA's August 19 ICS Alert: Siemens Desigo CC SAML Bypass, Tigo Hardcoded Credentials, and EG4 Inverter Firmware Risks Exposed
Four industrial control system advisories released by CISA on August 19, 2025, pack an urgent punch for critical infrastructure operators, exposing dangerous flaws across building management...
Urgent: Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Bugs Let Attackers Hijack Industrial Control Appliances
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Siemens Engineering Software Hit by CVE-2024-54678: Local Code Execution Risk via IPC Flaw
Industrial control system operators are scrambling to assess their exposure after Siemens disclosed a critical deserialization flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-54678, that affects a broad range of its...
CISA Flags 32 Critical Flaws in Siemens and Rockwell Gear—Some Require Physical Resets
Federal cybersecurity officials on August 14 published thirty-two advisories covering industrial control systems from Siemens, Rockwell Automation, and other vendors, warning that many of the...
Physical Access Exploit Can Crash Siemens SIPROTEC 5 Relays via USB: Patch and Mitigation Guide for CVE-2025-40570
An attacker with physical access to a Siemens SIPROTEC 5 protection relay can halt its network communications within seconds by flooding the USB port with specially crafted packets. The...
Siemens CROSSBOW SAC Emergency Patch: Critical SQLite Flaws Enable Remote Code Execution
Siemens has released emergency patches for its RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW Station Access Controller (SAC) after security researchers uncovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in the SQLite database engine...