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Industrial Controllers Still Vulnerable As Conflicts Move to Cyber

The US government warns programmable logic controllers are being targeted, and research turns up 179 vulnerable operational technology (OT) devices.
Purdue University

Programmable Controllers I

Introduces the basic theory, operation and programming of programmable logic controllers; Demonstrates programming examples, set-up examples and troubleshooting, as well as PLC timing, counting, ...
EDN

Reference Design: Introduction to PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers)

This tutorial offers an in-depth introduction into programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The article starts with an overview of the history and the role PLCs in factory automation. The basic ...
Wired

A widespread logic controller flaw raises the specter of Stuxnet

In 2009, the computer worm Stuxnet crippled hundreds of centrifuges inside Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant by targeting the software running on the facility’s industrial computers, known as ...
Computerworld

Researchers build undetectable rootkit for programmable logic controllers

Researchers have devised a new malware attack against industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that takes advantage of architectural shortcomings in microprocessors and bypasses current ...
Machine Design

Programmable-logic controllers

Two new controllers have joined the Jazz 2 Series, the JZ20-R16 and JZ20-R10. The controllers feature 48K (virtual) ladder-logic memory and a built-in mini USB programming port. The controllers can ...