Low-code and modular programming environments are transforming PLC programming, with vendors providing pre-packaged libraries and objects that eliminate traditional IEC-61131-3 style coding, allowing ...

Overview: C and C++ remain the most important languages for fast, low-memory embedded devices. Newer languages like Rust and ...

An HVAC company in search of modern machine-control advantages finds an Arduino-compatible open PLC controller is the solution. Like many modern-day makers and hobbyists, I have always been inspired ...

The advanced M3000/M4000 series of PAC Controllers from Weidmuller USA integrates the functionality of a PLC and a PC with a control and edge system – in one device. The reliability and security of ...

The Stuxnet and Target attacks have squashed many of the myths about securing industrial control system security. Myth #1 – Isolating control systems networks keeps them safe from malicious attacks: ...

Update (July 17th): The authors of the Industroyer research, Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky, will present their findings at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas on July 26th, 2017. More information can be ...

Back in 1982, the CIA uncovered a plot by the Soviet Union to steal industrial software for controlling its rapidly expanding network of natural-gas pipelines. In response, the agency modified the ...

Only a few times in the history of hacking has a piece of malicious code been spotted attempting to meddle directly with industrial control systems, the computers that bridge the gap between digital ...