Drug Infusion Pumps Archives - Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2015

FDA says healthcare providers to stop using older drug infusion pumps made by Hospira

Food and Drug Administration invited healthcare providers to stop using older drug infusion pumps made by Hospira due to the risk of cyber attacks. A few months ago security experts highlighted the risks related to the hacking of older drug infusion pumps, we discovered that certain versions of common drug infusion pumps are affected by numerous […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2015

Are Artificial Pancreas vulnerable to cyber attacks?

A team of researchers explains that million of lives potentially depends on the resilience to cyber attacks of a new generation of “artificial pancreas.” Medical devices are open to cyber attacks, many studies have demonstrated that a large number of medical systems could be affected by security flaws that could be exploited by hackers. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2015

Hacking Drug Infusion Pumps, never so easy

Certain versions of common drug infusion pumps are affected by numerous remotely exploitable vulnerabilities that could not open the doors to hackers. We discussed several times about the opportunity to hack medical devices and the needs of security by design for these objects. In 2012 the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report that highlighted the necessity to secure […]