According to security researchers from Claroty, Siemens introduced asymmetric cryptography to its SIMATIC S7-1200/1500 PLC CPUs almost a decade ago to protect their configuration, programs ...

COMPANY NEWS: Close to 10 years ago, Siemens introduced asymmetric cryptography into the integrated security architecture of its TIA Portal v12 and SIMATIC S7-1200/1500 PLC CPU firmware families.

At the 2009 Hanover Fair, Siemens presented the S7-1200 as the successor to the S7-200, heralding a new generation of compact PLCs. Now comes the next generation of compact PLCs, which Siemens now ...

According to unconfirmed reports, there is a hidden access 'backdoor' in the Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 PLC (programmable logic controller) which would give attackers access to any device. If thi ...

Industries and utilities using some of Siemens’ programmable logic controllers ... when the TIA Portal v12 and SIMATIC S7-1200/1500 PLC CPU firmware families were introduced, hardcoded keys ...

Team82, the research arm of New York-based industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty, revealed on October 11, 2022, that they managed to extract heavily guarded, hardcoded cryptographic keys embedded ...

PLC-Blaster was designed to target Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 PLCs. Siemens is Europe’s biggest engineering company and a PLC market share leader. Siemens said in March shortly after the worm was ...