Moving to make the Modbus protocol a “real” open standard, rather than a “de facto” standard, Schneider Electric has transferred its copyright of the protocol to Modbus-IDA, a nonprofit organization ...

“Not being overcomplicated is Modbus TCP/IP’s biggest draw, not only for PLCs, but especially for PC-based applications,” said Jason Haldeman, senior product specialist for I/O and networking at ...

The Standardization Association of China last week adopted three Modbus Protocol standards for industrial automation. “Through their standards authorities, China is looking to develop standards that ...

Security researchers warn about a new malware threat designed to interact with industrial control systems (ICS) over the Modbus protocol. The malicious program was used in January in a cyberattack ...