A sophisticated new piece of malware that targets command-and-control software installed in critical infrastructures uses a known default password that the software maker hard-coded into its system.

Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is still full of other dangerous vulnerabilities, according to Russian researchers whose presentation at the Defcon security conference ...

Siemens developed patches for the SIMATIC WinCC Open Architecture application this month after researchers Sergey Gordeychik and Gleb Gritsa aired details of the vulnerabilities telling this ...

The lack of security readiness came to light early on in the Stuxnet saga, when it was revealed that the worm targeted a hard-coded password in the WinCC SCADA software – a serious breach of secure ...

Malware infiltrates Siemens passwords, is designed to steal proprietary information. Siemens has begun warning its customers that a highly sophisticated new piece of malware has been targeting ...

If you think database patching is onerous and fraught with risk, then try patching a SCADA system that's running a power plant. With post-Stuxnet paranoia pressuring major SCADA vendors like Siemens ...

It’s never comfortable to talk about data breaches, but companies rarely have a choice. Whether a company reports a system breach because it’s required to, or whether the media picks up on the story ...

Researchers reveal details from a canceled Defcon security presentation that show more than 50 vulnerabilities in WinCC's latest version Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is ...

Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is still full of other dangerous vulnerabilities, according to Russian researchers whose presentation at the Defcon security conference ...