ICS/OT Honeywell Experion PKS Flaws Allow Manipulation of Industrial Processes Honeywell has patched several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in its Experion PKS industrial process control and automation product. Eduard KovacsJuly 31, 2025
ICS/OT Order Out of Chaos – Using Chaos Theory Encryption to Protect OT and IoT The need for secure encryption in IoT and IIoT devices is obvious, and potentially critical for OT and, by extension, much of the critical... Kevin TownsendJuly 29, 2025
ICS/OT New York Seeking Public Opinion on Water Systems Cyber Regulations The proposed cyber regulations include the implementation of incident reporting, response plans, and cybersecurity controls, training, and certification of compliance. Ionut ArghireJuly 24, 2025
ICS/OT Vulnerabilities Expose Helmholz Industrial Routers to Hacking Eight vulnerabilities, including ones allowing full control over a device, have been discovered and patched in Helmholz REX 100 industrial routers. Eduard KovacsJuly 22, 2025
ICS/OT Train Brakes Can Be Hacked Over Radio—And the Industry Knew for 20 Years A vulnerability affecting systems named End-of-Train and Head-of-Train can be exploited by hackers to cause trains to brake. Eduard KovacsJuly 14, 2025
ICS/OT ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact Industrial solutions providers Siemens, Schneider Electric and Phoenix Contact have released July 2025 Patch Tuesday ICS security advisories. Eduard KovacsJuly 9, 2025
ICS/OT Iranian Hackers’ Preferred ICS Targets Left Open Amid Fresh US Attack Warning The US government is again warning about potential Iranian cyberattacks as researchers find that hackers’ favorite ICS targets remain exposed. Eduard KovacsJuly 1, 2025
ICS/OT ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Aveva, CISA Industrial solutions providers Siemens, Schneider Electric and Aveva have released June 2025 Patch Tuesday ICS security advisories. Eduard KovacsJune 11, 2025
ICS/OT Ramnit Malware Infections Spike in OT as Evidence Suggests ICS Shift Industrial giant Honeywell has published its 2025 Cybersecurity Threat Report with information on the latest trends. Eduard KovacsJune 4, 2025
ICS/OT 35,000 Solar Power Systems Exposed to Internet Researchers from Forescout have analyzed the prevalence of internet-exposed solar power devices and shared a list of the top vendors and devices. Eduard KovacsJune 4, 2025
ICS/OT Up to 25% of Internet-Exposed ICS Are Honeypots: Researchers Many of the industrial control system (ICS) instances seen in internet scanning are likely or possibly honeypots, not real devices. Eduard KovacsMay 21, 2025
ICS/OT Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Planet Technology Industrial Networking Products Planet Technology industrial switches and network management products are affected by several critical vulnerabilities. Eduard KovacsApril 28, 2025
ICS/OT Rising Tides: Bryson Bort on Cyber Entrepreneurship and the Needed Focus on Critical Infrastructure Very few people in the cybersecurity industry do not know, or know of, Bryson Bort, CEO/Founder of SCYTHE and the co-founder of ICS Village. Jennifer LeggioApril 11, 2025
ICS/OT China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Dwelled in US Electric Grid for 300 Days Dragos case study reveals that Volt Typhoon hacked the US electric grid and stole information on OT systems. Eduard KovacsMarch 12, 2025
Funding/M&A Armis Acquires Otorio to Expand OT and CPS Security Suite The transaction is valued in the range of $120 million and gives Armis an on-premises CPS solution SecurityWeek NewsMarch 6, 2025
ICS/OT ICS/OT Security Budgets Increasing, but Critical Areas Underfunded: Report The SANS Institute and OPSWAT have published their 2025 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Budget Report. Eduard KovacsMarch 4, 2025
ICS/OT Nine Threat Groups Active in OT Operations in 2024: Dragos Dragos has published its 2025 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report, which provides information on the threats and trends observed in 2024. Eduard KovacsFebruary 25, 2025
ICS/OT Free Diagram Tool Aids Management of Complex ICS/OT Cybersecurity Decisions Admeritia has launched Cyber Decision Diagrams, a free tool designed to help organizations manage complex decisions related to ICS/OT cybersecurity. Eduard KovacsFebruary 19, 2025
ICS/OT Rising Tides: Lesley Carhart on Bridging Enterprise Security and OT—and Improving the Human Condition In the latest edition of “Rising Tides” we talk with Lesley Carhart, Technical Director of Incident Response at Dragos. Jennifer LeggioFebruary 14, 2025
ICS/OT Orthanc Server Vulnerability Poses Risk to Medical Data, Healthcare Operations A critical vulnerability found in Orthanc servers can pose a serious risk to medical data and healthcare operations. Eduard KovacsFebruary 10, 2025