US Government partners urge hardening industrial refrigeration and cold chain monitoring systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Transportation (DoT)—hereafter referred to as “the authoring organizations”—are aware of malicious cyber activity targeting Read More …

A fresh wave of cyberattacks has hit Europe’s supermarket refrigerators, destroying food across countries

A second wave of cyberattacks is suspected to have hit supermarket refrigerators across Europe, causing fridges to increase temperatures and spoil food at dozens of stores across Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Sweden. Supermarket giants Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt confirmed the Read More …

Hundreds of French supermarkets hit by cyberattack on refrigeration systems

Several supermarkets were forced to discard fresh and frozen food, Intermarché said, and have yet to estimate the losses. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation. Hundreds of French supermarkets belonging to the Intermarché and Coopérative U chains have fallen Read More …

AI systems are fully capable of carrying out attacks against infrastructure

Autonomous AI systems are fully capable of carrying out a nightmare cyberattack scenario – finding and attacking critical operational technology and industrial equipment, and shutting down access to water, power, and other daily life necessities. If this happens, defenders may Read More …

Defending against an active threat to Siemens S7 Series PLCs

This advisory relates to an active threat to Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs). However, ongoing PLC targeting activity is broader than Siemens PLCs. All PLC owners and operators should apply relevant mitigations to reduce the risk to their Read More …

CISA has expanded the scope of its alert on Iranian-affiliated hackers attacking critical infrastructure

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has expanded the scope of its alert on Iranian-affiliated hackers attacking critical infrastructure, including water and energy facilities. The original advisory focused on programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley. The update warns that the Read More …

Three Steps to the Terminal: A Siemens ROX II Zero-Day Trilogy

Palo Alto Unit 42 conducted this research in close partnership with Siemens, reflecting their shared commitment to advancing the security and resilience of critical infrastructure. This report details a critical, chained exploit comprising three zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-40948, CVE-2025-40947, and CVE-2025-40949) Read More …

Beware of the license manager: how a Schneider Electric software vulnerability puts industrial facilities at risk

The CVE-2024-2658 vulnerability was discovered in 2024 within the FlexNet Publisher component of the Schneider Electric Floating License Manager. This software handles license management across various Schneider Electric products used for comprehensive industrial automation ranging from PLC programming to centralized control Read More …

Industrial robots targeted by malware, which could open them up to hacking

A critical command injection vulnerability has been discovered in Universal Robots PolyScope 5, the operating system whucg powers the company’s collaborative robots. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8153, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects all software versions prior to PolyScope 5.25.1. Read More …