Automation and energy management company Schneider Electric patched a vulnerability in one of its product lines this week that left a handful of programmable automation controllers at risk of being ...

Several programmable logic controllers (PLCs) from Schneider Electric’s Modicon series that automate industrial processes in factories, energy utilities, HVAC systems and other installations are ...

Discovered by Armis researchers, the vulnerability can be used to bypass existing security mechanisms in PLCs to hijack the devices and potentially impact wider industrial setups. The authentication ...