Medical Devices
FDA tells medical device makers and hospitals to strengthen security
The FDA hasn't seen patient deaths or injuries, but it has seen malware clogging up hospital equipment, passwords passed around like candy, and disregard for updating/patching old equipment.
Report: 94% of US hospitals suffered data breaches, and 45% had quintuplets
Competent healthcare providers are great at medical things.
Securing electronic devices or health records? Not so much, the Ponemon Institute finds.
Medical device hacking - FDA are told to start taking it seriously
In a new report, the government takes the FDA to task for ignoring the possibility that insulin pumps and defibrillators are susceptible to malware, unauthorized access and denial of service.
Malware shuts down hospital near Atlanta, Georgia
A hospital near Atlanta, Georgia last week had to stop accepting all non-trauma patients after a malware infection shutdown their network. Is their IT poorly managed, or does this represent more serious problems in the medical space?
BH 2011: Hacking medical devices for fun and insulin
At this year's Black Hat 2011 conference Jay Radcliffe presented research on the security of consumer medical devices, specifically the hackability of modern insulin pumps. The results are not promising...
