Siemens patched a recently disclosed vulnerability pertaining to systems with specific Intel processors. If exploited, the flaw could let an attacker gain system privileges.

Siemens Patches Vulnerabilities in SIMATIC CP, XHQ
Siemens patched two vulnerabilities in products, SIMATIC CP and XHQ, commonly found in industrial control system setups this week

GE patches flaws allowing attackers to ‘disconnect power grid at will’
Patches come in response to notification of a talk at Black Hat discussing how hackers ‘broke the homebrew encryption algorithm

Security Analyst Summit 2017 Day Two Recap
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the second day of Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit, including how a Brazilian bank was compromised, and more.

Siemens Discloses Local Privilege Escalation Bug in SCADA Gear
Siemens is warning customers of a local privilege escalation vulnerability that leaves over a dozen models of its SCADA equipment open to attack.