Cybergeddon now? Industrial control systems targeted

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Security researcher Reid Wightman from the firm ioActive has found an undocumented back door in CoDeSys, the management software used by 261 different manufacturers of ICS devices. The back door gives full access without requiring authentication and has prompted the US Department of Homeland Security’s ICS-CERT to issue an alert (PDF).

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