defense in depth

Siemens and upstream OpenSSL vulnerabilities that allow out-of-bounds reads — tracked under CVE-2021-3712 — remain a live operational risk across dozens of Siemens industrial networking, communications, and automation products; Siemens has published ProductCERT guidance and fixes for many...

Microsoft’s security feed lists CVE-2025-54917 as a Windows MapUrlToZone “Security Feature Bypass” — a protection-mechanism failure that can let an attacker trick Windows into misclassifying a URL’s zone and thereby bypass zone-based restrictions across the network. This class of flaw sits...

CVE-2025-54109 Windows Defender Firewall Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Summary What it is: CVE-2025-54109 is an elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability described by Microsoft as "Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion')" in the Windows Defender Firewall...

Microsoft’s High Performance Compute (HPC) Pack is under scrutiny after a reported deserialization vulnerability that — if the technical description is accurate — would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code over a networked HPC cluster; however, the specific identifier CVE-2025-55232 could...

A newly republished advisory from CISA and Rockwell Automation raises urgent operational and security flags for organizations using the CompactLogix® 5480 controller family: the devices running specific Windows packages are affected by a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability...

Microsoft has made the Model Context Protocol (MCP) a first‑class citizen in Visual Studio, shipping general availability support that lets Copilot Chat and other agentic features connect to local or remote MCP servers via a simple .mcp.json configuration — a major convenience for developers...

Siemens’ RUGGEDCOM APE1808 appliances carry high‑risk management‑plane vulnerabilities that can let an authenticated administrator—or an attacker who gains elevated credentials—execute arbitrary operating‑system commands and escalate local service privileges, creating a significant threat to...

Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a new Kerberos vulnerability — CVE-2025-53779 — described as a relative path traversal flaw in Windows Kerberos that can be abused by an authorized attacker over a network to elevate privileges, and organizations that rely on Kerberos-based authentication...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53778 as an improper authentication vulnerability in the Windows NTLM implementation that can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network, and administrators should treat it as a high-priority authentication risk until every...

Quick clarification before I write the 2,000+ word WindowsForum-style article: I searched the files you provided and they repeatedly reference a closely numbered Excel heap‑overflow CVE as CVE‑2025‑53741 (Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry) rather than CVE‑2025‑53737. c: CVE‑2025‑53737...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50170, a local elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) that—when reached by a local, authorized attacker—can be abused to obtain higher privileges on affected machines. The flaw stems...

Rockwell Automation, a global leader in industrial automation and information technology, finds itself at the forefront of a critical security challenge following the recent disclosure of high-severity vulnerabilities in its Lifecycle Services solutions that leverage VMware technologies. These...

Schneider Electric’s System Monitor Application, utilized within the Harmony and Pro-face Industrial PC series, has recently come under scrutiny after a significant security vulnerability—improper neutralization of input during web page generation, commonly known as cross-site scripting...

When the security of critical infrastructure is at stake, vulnerabilities in widely deployed platforms like Hitachi Energy’s Asset Suite command urgent attention across enterprise IT, operational technology, and national security communities. Recent revelations highlight significant security...

Siemens Solid Edge SE2025, widely deployed in critical manufacturing and engineering environments across the globe, has come under recent scrutiny following the disclosure of several significant vulnerabilities that could potentially compromise system integrity and user security. The urgency...

Siemens SIPROTEC 5 devices have long stood as an integral element of power grid protection worldwide, ensuring the stability and availability of critical infrastructure in the energy and manufacturing sectors. Yet, as digital transformation accelerates across industrial systems, the cyberattack...

Modern industrial automation thrives on the reliability and security of software environments like Siemens’ Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal and TIA Project-Server, which orchestrate the backbone for thousands of critical infrastructure installations globally. As industries rush to...

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape where email remains the single largest attack vector for organizations worldwide, the announcement of a strategic partnership between KnowBe4 and Microsoft marks a pivotal advancement in enterprise cybersecurity frameworks. At the intersection of cloud...

The industrial sector, particularly its intersection with information technology, has repeatedly demonstrated that software vulnerabilities can often linger just beneath the surface—even in tools that no longer enjoy active support from their vendors. The recent disclosure of multiple...

The Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family stands as a cornerstone for industrial automation across critical infrastructure sectors, particularly in energy, manufacturing, and engineering. As digital transformation accelerates across operational technology (OT) environments, these programmable logic...