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Whether you live a busy life or not, it is difficult to always be by someone’s side and to make sure that they are safe and that their needs are taken care of – This is where medical alert devices come in handy. Medical alert devices and systems have been a major part of elderly […]
At present, it is difficult to find a field of work for people in which different mechanisms and machines are not used that facilitate human labor. Probably, soon the number of such units will increase significantly, and they will be used almost everywhere. And above all, hopes for a qualitative leap in their development are […]
Braun Patched Faulty IV Pump After McAfee Discovered Vulnerability Allowing Medication Tampering. McAfee Enterprise’s Advanced Threat Research Team disclosed five unreported security vulnerabilities that existed in German healthcare giant B. Braun’s Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump and SpaceStation. SEE: Vulnerable infusion pumps can be accessed to change dosages Researchers reported that hackers could use these […]
Critical Bug in Medical Infusion Pumps lets Attacker Remotely install Unauthorized Firmware to Change Medication Dosages. Researchers at CyberMDX, a healthcare security firm, have identified two different vulnerabilities in Becton Dickinson Alaris Gateway Workstations (AGW) used by hospitals in medical infusion pumps. One of the bugs is so severe that it carries a critical rating […]
Who doesn’t like elegant watches, especially those which could literally save your life, right? There are several types of watches out there such as a divers watch, Mechanical Watch, and Chronograph Watch, etc. but the life saviors lately are powered with smart technology. In this article, we are emphasizing on Apple Watch, a line of […]
Call it killer malware? Israeli researchers have developed a new malware that highlights some very critical and dangerous security vulnerabilities in medical imaging equipment, which is commonly used to diagnose serious health conditions like cancer and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Not only can the malware impact the diagnosis of the imaging equipment but can also compromise […]
Defibrillators are electronic devices manufactured to save the lives of people with life-threatening heart conditions such as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). But now, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Medtronic defibrillators are vulnerable to cyber attacks allowing hackers to remotely control the device within “short-range access.” In total, 20 Medtronic products are vulnerable affecting over […]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) experienced a data breach leading to exposure of highly sensitive personal data of nearly 75,000 people. The CMS is a government system linked with healthCare.gov which assists insurance agents and brokers in helping people register for its healthcare plans. An announcement was made late Friday by the CMS […]
Another day, another trove of medical records leaked online, thanks to a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket. Medical records are considered to be sensitive documents and when a malicious third party has access to them it is a bad news as these records can be used for fraud, blackmailing and marketing purposes against patients’ will. However, […]
Who doesn’t like elegant watches, especially those who can literally save your life like the Apple Watch, right? Last time when we talked about Apple Watch, it was related to a 62-year-old man who felt sick at work and decided not to bother his colleagues but when his Apple Watch’s Health and Fitness feature revealed that his heart […]
SingHealth, the largest health care institution in Singapore has suffered a massive data breach in which records of over 1.5 million patients who visited SingHealth’s polyclinics and clinics between from May 1, 2015, to July 4 this year – One of the victims of the breach is the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong while prescription details of 160,000 patients including […]
The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has suffered a data breach in which sensitive health-related data of over 150,000 patients have been exposed. The data breach took place due to a coding error in the software used by GPs, TPP’s SystmOne and affected patients who did not opt-in to share their data that NHS […]
Abbott has recalled around 350,000 implantable defibrillators for firmware upgrading because these devices are identified to be containing life-threatening flaws and vulnerable to exploitation. The company, formerly known as St. Jude Medical, has recalled such a huge number of devices to patch the flaw and protect patients from putting their lives in danger through hacked […]
Nude pictures never go unnoticed, and when these belong to celebrities and the mighty Royals, then people are bound to go crazy. This perhaps was in the mind of The Dark Overlord hacker group when they decided to invade the privacy of a well-known London-based celebrity plastic surgery clinic London Bridge Plastic Surgery (LBPS). The […]
Another day, another set of critical vulnerabilities in wireless medical devices – This time; high severity flaws identified in Smiths Medical Syringe Infusion Pumps. The Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump that is manufactured by Minnesota-based firm Smiths Medical is reportedly plagued with not one or two but eight vulnerabilities. Some of these can easily […]
Are you using Pacemaker device manufactured by Abbott Laboratories (previously St. Jude Medical)? If yes, this article is especially for you. It is no surprise that Pacemaker, the small device that is implanted in the body of a patient to deal with life-threatening cardiac rhythmic issues are open to critical vulnerabilities. Now, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has […]
Ever thought about vulnerabilities in Pacemakers? The device which is implanted in the body of a patient to deal with life-threatening cardiac rhythmic issues? These devices often use radio signals to communicate with the pacemaker to avoid further surgeries. Now, according to a recent research report, these pacemakers contain some security loopholes which make them vulnerable […]
The cyberinfrastructure at hospitals across England has come under a massive cyber attack locking out the staff from their computers and diverting emergency patients. According to The Guardian, National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the country have been hit with an attack displaying popups on the system demanding ransom money. Doctors have taken the issue […]
We all know that excessive use of anything is not a good thing, and the same is the case with the usage of cell phones. Today marked an important day in legal history as a court in Italy ruled in favor of person claiming “Excessive usage of Phone” lead to a brain tumor, reports Italy’s Repubblica. […]
Researchers from UK and Belgium have jointly conducted a research and concluded that hacking into implantable medical devices or IMDs is as easy as counting from one to three. The research was documented in a paper titled “On the (in)security of the Latest Generation Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and How to Secure Them.” Also Read: Hacker who […]
It is a fact that around 8% of the world’s populace cannot see colors properly, that is, some people cannot distinguish between colors the way others can do. For instanceIf, something has shades of red and green, it won’t be properly and accurately viewed by some. Medical science categorizes people as colorblind and non-colorblind individuals […]