‘Ripple20’ Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices
The vulnerabilities affect everything from printers to insulin pumps to ICS gear. Continue reading ‘Ripple20’ Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices
Category Archives: Industrial Control
Universal Interface Board Comes to the Rescue of Bigger Projects
As soon as a project involves other assemblies, parts, or modules, things get more complicated. Devices like fans, cooling units, probes, pumps, or lighting might have simple electrical requirements, but they are rarely identical. As a result, one’s tidy project ends up having to deal with, for example, a pump …read more
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DEF CON 2019: Delta ICS Flaw Allows Total Industrial Takeover
The bug exists in a controller that oversees HVAC, lighting, sensor and alarm systems, to name a few. Continue reading DEF CON 2019: Delta ICS Flaw Allows Total Industrial Takeover
Siemens Warns of Critical Remote-Code Execution ICS Flaw
The affected SICAM 230 process control system is used as an integrated energy system for utility companies, and as a monitoring system for smart-grid applications. Continue reading Siemens Warns of Critical Remote-Code Execution ICS Flaw
ThreatList: Attacks on Industrial Control Systems on the Rise
The main source of infection on industrial control systems was the internet, researchers at Kaspersky Lab found in a new report. Continue reading ThreatList: Attacks on Industrial Control Systems on the Rise
PLC vs Arduino Show Down
Hackaday readers don’t need an introduction to the Arduino. But in industrial control applications, programmable logic controllers or PLCs are far more common. These are small rugged devices that can do simple things like monitor switches and control actuators. Being ruggedized, they are typically reasonably expensive, especially compared to an Arduino. [Doug Reneker] decided to evaluate an Arduino versus a PLC in a relatively simple industrial-style application.
The application is a simple closed-loop control of flow generated by a pump. A sensor measures flow for the Arduino, which adjusts a control valve actuator to maintain the specified setpoint. The software …read more
Fail of the Week: Arachno∙fail∙ia
Going down the list (FCC, CE, UL, etc.) we can’t think of a regulating body that will test for this failure mode. Reportedly, a $1M irrigation system was taken down by a spider. And an itsy-bitsy spider at that.
This fail turned up as a quick image post over on /r/mildlyinteresting but I wasn’t the only electronics person attracted like a moth to a flame. Our friend [Sprite_TM] popped in to answer a question about conformal coating. Seems this board was sealed in a waterproof enclosure but was obviously not conformally coated.
[Sprite_TM] also helped out with some armchair-engineering to …read more
