Ot Security
The latest Ot Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CISA's August 19 ICS Alert: Siemens Desigo CC SAML Bypass, Tigo Hardcoded Credentials, and EG4 Inverter Firmware Risks Exposed
Four industrial control system advisories released by CISA on August 19, 2025, pack an urgent punch for critical infrastructure operators, exposing dangerous flaws across building management...
Siemens Urges Patching of Desigo CC and SENTRON as CodeMeter Flaws Enable Remote RCE and Privilege Escalation
{ "title": "Siemens Urges Patching of Desigo CC and SENTRON as CodeMeter Flaws Enable Remote RCE and Privilege Escalation", "content": "Siemens has issued an urgent security advisory for the...
$329.5B OT Cyber Losses Possible as Ransomware Hits Critical Infrastructure: Dragos-Marsh Report
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in 2021 marked a seismic shift in how we view operational technology (OT) security. Once thought safely air-gapped from the internet, OT networks controlling...
Urgent: Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Bugs Let Attackers Hijack Industrial Control Appliances
{ "title": "Urgent: Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Bugs Let Attackers Hijack Industrial Control Appliances", "content": "Siemens has disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities in its RUGGEDCOM...
Siemens Patches Critical Simcenter Femap Bugs Allowing Code Execution from Malicious STP and BMP Files
Siemens has released urgent patches for two high-severity vulnerabilities in its Simcenter Femap engineering simulation software that could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code by...
Siemens Engineering Software Hit by CVE-2024-54678: Local Code Execution Risk via IPC Flaw
Industrial control system operators are scrambling to assess their exposure after Siemens disclosed a critical deserialization flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-54678, that affects a broad range of its...
CISA Flags 32 Critical Flaws in Siemens and Rockwell Gear—Some Require Physical Resets
Federal cybersecurity officials on August 14 published thirty-two advisories covering industrial control systems from Siemens, Rockwell Automation, and other vendors, warning that many of the...
CVE-2025-33023: No Patch for Siemens ROX II Upload Flaw Threatening Critical Manufacturing Networks
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II industrial networking devices — deployed worldwide in critical manufacturing and energy sectors — carry a dangerous unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows...
Unpatched Flaw in Siemens SINEC Traffic Analyzer Puts OT Networks at Risk of Takeover
Siemens disclosed a cluster of seven high-severity vulnerabilities in its SINEC Traffic Analyzer, a PROFINET monitoring appliance, that together could allow attackers to crash the system, escalate...
CodeMeter 8.30a Fixes Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-47809) Affecting Siemens Windows ICS
A newly disclosed local privilege escalation vulnerability in Wibu-Systems CodeMeter Runtime (CVE-2025-47809) enables unprivileged Windows users to gain SYSTEM-level access during the brief...
Siemens RTLS Backup Script Vulnerability Allows Full SYSTEM Takeover
A single flawed backup script in Siemens' industrial location tracking software can hand an attacker full SYSTEM-level control of the underlying Windows server. That is the sobering reality of...
Siemens SIPROTEC 4 Vulnerability Rated CVSS 8.7, No Fix Planned for Most Affected Relays
Siemens has disclosed a remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-52504, that affects a wide array of SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC 4 Compact protection relays—and the...