Ot Security
The latest Ot Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
$329.5B OT Cyber Losses Possible as Ransomware Hits Critical Infrastructure: Dragos-Marsh Report
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in 2021 marked a seismic shift in how we view operational technology (OT) security. Once thought safely air-gapped from the internet, OT networks controlling...
Urgent: Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Bugs Let Attackers Hijack Industrial Control Appliances
{ "title": "Urgent: Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Bugs Let Attackers Hijack Industrial Control Appliances", "content": "Siemens has disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities in its RUGGEDCOM...
Siemens Patches Critical Simcenter Femap Bugs Allowing Code Execution from Malicious STP and BMP Files
Siemens has released urgent patches for two high-severity vulnerabilities in its Simcenter Femap engineering simulation software that could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code by...
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...
CVE-2025-33023: No Patch for Siemens ROX II Upload Flaw Threatening Critical Manufacturing Networks
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II industrial networking devices — deployed worldwide in critical manufacturing and energy sectors — carry a dangerous unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows...
Unpatched Flaw in Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer Puts OT Networks at Risk of Takeover
Siemens disclosed a cluster of seven high-severity vulnerabilities in its SINEC Traffic Analyzer, a PROFINET monitoring appliance, that together could allow attackers to crash the system, escalate...
CodeMeter 8.30a Fixes Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-47809) Affecting Siemens Windows ICS
A newly disclosed local privilege escalation vulnerability in Wibu-Systems CodeMeter Runtime (CVE-2025-47809) enables unprivileged Windows users to gain SYSTEM-level access during the brief...
Siemens RTLS Backup Script Vulnerability Allows Full SYSTEM Takeover
A single flawed backup script in Siemens' industrial location tracking software can hand an attacker full SYSTEM-level control of the underlying Windows server. That is the sobering reality of...
Siemens SIPROTEC 4 Vulnerability Rated CVSS 8.7, No Fix Planned for Most Affected Relays
Siemens has disclosed a remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-52504, that affects a wide array of SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC 4 Compact protection relays—and the...
Rockwell's FactoryTalk Linx Flaw Scores 9.0: Deploy v6.50 Patch Now to Block Token Bypass
A critical vulnerability in Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Linx allows attackers to bypass FTSP token validation and manipulate industrial communication drivers simply by flipping a Node.js...
Patch Now: Siemens BFCClient OpenSSL Flaws Leave Industrial Systems Exposed to Remote Attacks
Siemens has issued an urgent security advisory for its Brownfield Connectivity Client (BFCClient), a critical piece of software that bridges legacy industrial machinery to modern IT systems, after...