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According to Kaspersky Lab, the demand for zero-day exploits for industrial control systems on the black market increased significantly in 2017. Specific malware targeting vulnerabilities in automation components can therefore be expected in 2018.
read more...Production downtime due to sabotage and malware is on the rise - this is the conclusion reached by the VDMA in its 'Industrial Security' study. Computer&AUTOMATION lists the results of the study in detail.
read more...The French defense group Thales has prevailed in the takeover battle for the Dutch chip card manufacturer Gemalto with an offer worth almost 5 billion euros. The previous bidder Atos is therefore out of the running.
read more...The French IT service provider Atos is planning to take over the Dutch smart card manufacturer Gemalto. The offer amounts to a total of around 4.3 billion euros in cash, Atos announced in Paris on December 11, 2017.
read more...Renaming itself Airbus instead of EADS does not change the fact that Airbus too has a mighty military division. Its interests by no means concentrate just on "physical" warfare.
read more...The red case alone makes it obvious - Schneider Electric has featured its M580 process controller with functional safety, and also hardened it against cyber attacks.
read more...Genoa / Schubert System Electronics
IT security specialist Genua has developed the 'GS.Gate' together with industrial computer technology company Schubert System Elektronik. Together, the two companies presented the new digitalization solution for Industry 4.0 in Nuremberg.
read more...You can't miss it - the Trojan horse at Bachmann's trade fair stand at SPS IPC Drives 2017. Christoph Scherrer, Product Manager Safety and Security at the Austrian controller manufacturer, explains what the oversized eye-catcher is all about.
read more...CIP safety technology is now being joined by CIP security: the user organization ODVA is presenting an Ethernet/IP demonstration with CIP security for the first time at SPS IPC Drives. Visitors to the ODVA stand can see the integration of cybersecurity in Ethernet/IP installations.
read more...Wibu-Systems has developed a password provider for the TIA Portal from version 14 SP1, which is linked to the Siemens Password API. The solution is designed to optimize write protection and thus increase the access security of engineering data.
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