What if the smallest box in your network turns out to be the biggest liability? That little brick silently bridging a 20-year-old serial port to your Ethernet backbone might not just be a convenience—it could be an attacker’s fast lane into your operations. That’s the wake-up call from the newly disclosed BRIDGE:BREAK vulnerability set, which…
What if a $200 serial-to-Ethernet adapter could silently rewrite your process data, pivot into Level 2 networks, and set the stage for ransomware? That’s the uncomfortable scenario raised by BRIDGE:BREAK—a new vulnerability report that spotlights 22 weaknesses in widely used Lantronix and Silex serial-to-IP converters. These tiny “bridges” sit between legacy RS-232/RS-485 devices and IP…
If you think the softest target in your industrial network is a Windows HMI panel, think again. Researchers just dropped 22 vulnerabilities—collectively dubbed BRIDGE:BREAK—hitting Lantronix and Silex serial-to-IP converters, the small, unassuming boxes that quietly ferry data between legacy OT gear and modern IP networks. Nearly 20,000 of these devices are sitting on the open…
