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Procurement notes and technical articles grouped under News for industrial automation buyers.
Jun 30, 2026
The June 25, 2026 CISA advisory for Yokogawa FAST/TOOLS and Collaborative Information Server is not only a Yokogawa issue for maintenance teams. It is a reminder that SCADA and monitoring servers are now part of the plant recovery chain. When an advisory asks the site to review exposure, update software, or restrict access, the practical…
Jun 28, 2026
The June 25, 2026 CISA advisory for Yokogawa FAST/TOOLS and Collaborative Information Server should be read as a monitoring-system recovery prompt. The advisory describes sensitive information exposure in affected versions and recommends updates or version changes. For DriveKNMS readers, the most useful operational question is not only whether the software can be updated. It is…
Jun 26, 2026
CISA’s June 25, 2026 advisory for Delta Electronics DTM Soft is a useful reminder that engineering software belongs inside the spare-parts conversation. The advisory describes a deserialization of untrusted data issue that may allow arbitrary code execution. Delta is working on a fix and recommends workarounds such as avoiding unsolicited project files and untrusted links….
Jun 25, 2026
On June 23, 2026, CISA published advisory ICSA-26-174-07 for the Hubbell Aclara Metrum Cellular Web Interface. The advisory describes missing authentication for critical functions, with potential impact on configuration and communications. For a maintenance team, the practical lesson reaches beyond one device name. Remote telemetry equipment can sit far from the control room, but it…
Jun 24, 2026
CISA’s June 23, 2026 advisory for ABB Freelance Security Lock carries a CVSS v3 score of 6.6, which may look moderate beside the highest-severity network advisories. A plant team should not dismiss it. The advisory describes a weakness that can allow access to underlying operating system functions when Freelance Operations is active, depending on configuration…
Jun 23, 2026
CISA’s June 16, 2026 advisory for Rockwell Automation CompactLogix controllers is a useful reminder that controller maintenance is not only a firmware task. The advisory described a denial-of-service risk. In a real plant, the consequence is more concrete: a packaging line, utility skid, compressor station, batching area, or machine cell may depend on a controller…
