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Cyber Attacks
 

Major Security Flaw Targets Industrial Computer Systems

October 27, 2016
David Morris

This article from Voice of America reveals a major security vulnerability affecting one of the world’s largest manufacturers of computerized industrial control systems, Schneider Electric, has recently been identified, according to a leading cybersecurity firm.

“Engineering stations were targeted; that’s where the various control parameters for the industrial systems can be changed,” Mille Gandelsman, Indegy’s Chief Technology Officer and co-founder. told VOA. “It was these workstations with specialized software [called Unity Pro] that communicate with the controllers that were made totally vulnerable…” by this recently discovered security flaw.

 
Cyber Attacks

Extracting Value from Smart Infrastructure

December 16, 2019
Albert Rooyakkers

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Cyber Attacks

Hacking the Electronics Supply Chain: Easier Than you Think?

October 30, 2019
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If you thought that hacking into an electronic manufacturer’s component supply chain required a fab of one’s own, think again. […]

Cyber Attacks

Securing The Digital Oil Field

July 1, 2019
Sam Galpin

Intrinsic cybersecurity, open standards and Moore’s law have converged to enable a new era of wellsite productivity improvement.   Petroleum […]