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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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2015

US hospitals will use AC power probes to remove malware from medical devices

WattsUpDoc is a platform developed by two researchers for the monitoring of medical devices and detection of potentially “life-threatening malware.” Two US Hospitals will start using a system that can detect malware infections of medical devices, the technique relies on a probe that monitors the AC power consumption of the units. The hospitals (name were […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2014

US ICS-CERT testing medical devices for alleged flaws

The US Government is working with manufacturers and vendors of medical devices and equipment to identify and fix vulnerabilities. Every day we read about more or less sophisticated attacks against any kind of computing systems that allows threat actors to compromise targeted devices. What do you think if your life depends on the proper functioning of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2014

Windows XP deadline and security concerns

The end of support for Windows XP OS is at hand, the consequences could be serious for specific industries and in counties where the OS is dominant. Timing is running out for Windows XP because the end of support is very close, tomorrow, April 8th 2014, the support for the popular OS will end. After 12 years, support for Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2012

GAO invites FDA to improve Information Security for medical devices

In the last decade the number of cyber incidents related to technologies that surround us is growth exponentially, the principal concerns are related to all those objects with an “intelligent component” that we daily use and that we expose on internet for different purposes. This category includes also the Medical devices, elements with increasing complexity […]

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Are Artificial Pancreas vulnerable to cyber attacks?

Hacking Drug Infusion Pumps, never so easy

US hospitals will use AC power probes to remove malware from medical devices

US ICS-CERT testing medical devices for alleged flaws

Windows XP deadline and security concerns

GAO invites FDA to improve Information Security for medical devices

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