【Introduction】Today marks the tenth anniversary of the “Stuxnet” virus.Since its first attack in 2009, this virus, known as a “super destructive weapon,” has been in a decade-long game of cat and mouse with global industrial control systems.If we consider a decade as a cycle, then in this era where “cyber warfare” could erupt at any … Read more
Attacks on Industrial Control Systems are becoming increasingly frequent, yet they lack novelty. Imagine it is 1903, and you are standing in front of a large inn on a remote peninsula in Poldhu, Cornwall, England. Despite the large antenna next to the inn and a large kite occasionally lifting the antenna higher, you might not … Read more
I really can’t stand those newcomers in the industry who ask the most ridiculous questions every day. Just yesterday, a guy came to me with a textbook asking why his ladder diagram program wasn’t working. When I opened it, it was a mess of logical relationships, and he couldn’t even distinguish between normally open and … Read more
★ Yang Xuezhi, Xiao Wei, Zhao Yangguang, China Software Testing Center Abstract:Industrial control systems are a crucial foundation for the digital transformation of manufacturing and a significant driving force for new industrialization. In recent years, with the rapid development of computer technology, communication technology, and control technology, the traditional control field is undergoing an unprecedented … Read more
Click the blue text for more exciting information Once again, someone asked me about the safety of ladder diagrams, I really can’t believe it. Every time something goes wrong, they come to me only after the crisis has hit, if they had contacted me earlier, the workshop wouldn’t have had to stop production for three … Read more
On the afternoon of March 26, 2025, the 2025 Annual Academic Committee Meeting of the Key Laboratory for Safety and Reliability Assessment of Industrial Control Systems (hereinafter referred to as “Key Laboratory”) was grandly held in Beijing. The meeting was jointly organized by the China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute and China Huadian Corporation. … Read more
Click the little blue text to follow! Yesterday, a friend working in industrial motor control complained that their production line frequently experiences inexplicable shutdown issues. Sometimes the motor suddenly reverses, and sometimes the safety door closes abnormally. After investigation, it was found that the problem lay in the state machine programming logic, where some boundary … Read more
Recently, Siemens announced that its industrial equipment, commonly used in petrochemical plants and large renewable energy power plants, has 54 security vulnerabilities. Among these, the most severe vulnerabilities can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks or remote code execution on arbitrary servers, putting power plants at risk of failure and halting electricity generation. More alarmingly, … Read more
With the rapid development of information technology, industrial control systems are increasingly exposed to the internet environment, facing unprecedented security challenges. To enhance awareness of industrial information security risk prevention, in 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the ‘Guidelines for Cybersecurity Protection of Industrial Control Systems’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protection … Read more
