Back in 1982, the CIA uncovered a plot by the Soviet Union to steal industrial software for controlling its rapidly expanding network of natural-gas pipelines. In response, the agency modified the ...

The Stuxnet and Target attacks have squashed many of the myths about securing industrial control system security. Myth #1 – Isolating control systems networks keeps them safe from malicious attacks: ...

Four federal agencies have warned that hacking groups have developed tools to attack technology used in factories, utilities, and other industrial settings, potentially allowing hackers to shut down ...

Thousands of industrial control systems that manage and operate infrastructure such as power and water utilities are accessible over the Internet, according to a new study carried out with the help of ...

Industrial control system company PAS wants to tighten its security efforts around the Industrial Internet of Things space – with the help from new systems integrator partners. The Houston-based ...

An over view shows a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture plant in DeKalb, Miss. Treetop Midstream Services. Securing industrial control systems in cyberspace is growing in importance. ...

It’s long been known that a reactive approach to industrial control system maintenance is not an ideal strategy. Working from a reactive stance, in which problems are corrected as they occur, results ...

The main source of infection on industrial control systems was the internet, researchers at Kaspersky Lab found in a new report. The systems that power the manufacturing, power and water plants, the ...

In a recent podcast discussion with Ken Crawford, Weidmuller’s senior director of automation, we talked about how the reliability and security of numerous open systems have helped these technologies ...

Cyber criminals are launching ransomware attacks that are specifically targeting industrial control systems (ICS) in what researchers say is the first instance of file-encrypting malware being built ...

Last year was a watershed year for industrial control systems (ICS), largely because of the discovery of new capabilities and a significant increase in ICS threat activity groups, according to a ...