Industrial Cybersecurity
The latest Industrial Cybersecurity coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Patch Now: Rockwell Arena Simulation Software Harbors Four Code-Execution Flaws
Rockwell Automation is urging users of its Arena discrete-event simulation software to apply an emergency update after security researcher Michael Heinzl uncovered four distinct memory-corruption...
Rockwell Logix Firmware Flaw Allows Instant Controller Crash—Patches Released
Rockwell Automation began pushing out firmware updates on July 14, 2026 for nearly its entire Logix controller line after its internal testing uncovered three separate vulnerabilities that let a...
ABB Ships Critical Patch for Edgenius Root Escalation Bug—What Windows IT Teams Need to Know
ABB has shipped Edgenius version 3.2.4.1 to fix CVE-2026-31431, a high-severity Linux kernel vulnerability that can hand root privileges to an attacker already operating with a restricted local...
Rockwell Adapter's Perfect 10 Vulnerability Puts Windows Networks on High Alert
Rockwell Automation's 1715-AENTR EtherNet/IP adapter has a flaw that lets attackers take full control without a password, and it carries a perfect CVSS score of 10. The bug, designated...
Critical 9.9-Severity Vulnerability in ABB T-MAC Plus Requires Immediate Patching
Operators of chemical, petroleum, and hydrogen terminals face a serious cybersecurity threat after ABB confirmed that a critical flaw in its T-MAC Plus terminal management system could hand...
CISA Warns Engineers: Proteus 9.1 SP4 Memory Bugs Expose Windows Workstations—Update Immediately
On July 7, 2026, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent advisory for Labcenter Electronics’ Proteus design software, revealing three high-severity...
Critical NGINX Heap Overflow in Hitachi Energy EMS Puts Grid Operators at Risk — What Windows Admins Need to Know
On July 7, 2026, Hitachi Energy and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a joint advisory detailing a critical vulnerability in the company’s e-mesh Energy...
CISA Issues Urgent Warning on Digi Serial Device Server Authentication Bypass — Patch Now
On July 7, 2026, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an industrial control systems (ICS) advisory warning that several Digi International serial device servers...
USB Malware Can Cross Your Air Gap: Here’s How to Test Your OT System’s Resilience Before It’s Too Late
Operators of industrial control systems got a jolt this week after independent tests confirmed that a new breed of USB-borne malware can silently bridge the so-called air gaps that are supposed to...
CISA Flags XZ Utils Flaw CVE-2025-31115 Endangering B&R Industrial Terminals, Urges Immediate Patching
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has republished an ABB PSIRT advisory warning that CVE-2025-31115, a high-severity vulnerability in the XZ Utils data compression...
Mitsubishi MELSOFT Update Manager Flawed by 7-Zip Bugs, Industrial Systems Urged to Patch
Mitsubishi Electric’s MELSOFT Update Manager, a utility deployed across thousands of industrial control system (ICS) engineering workstations, shipped with a dangerously outdated version of 7-Zip...
Schneider PowerLogic P7 Patch Forces Reboot, Exposes OT to Real-World Risks
Schneider Electric has released a critical firmware update for its PowerLogic P7 protection and control platform, plugging three security holes that could let attackers remotely hijack or crash the...