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Critical Flaws Reported in Philips Vue PACS Medical Imaging Systems

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Portal (aka Vue PACS), some of which could be exploited by an adversary to take control of an affected system. “Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthorized person or process to eavesdrop, view or modify data, gain system access, perform code execution, […]

Philips ultrasound system is easily hackable; now criminals can modify your ultrasound scans

The US Department of Homeland Security (NHS) has launched an information security alert related to some medical solutions developed by the tech companies Philips and McKesson, technology sold by Change Healthcare. The alert is related to a critical vulnerability in a cardiovascular analysis system that allows cardiologists to collect data from multiple sources for each […]

Serious vulnerabilities in Philips medical devices

Advanced hacking skills are not necessary to exploit the flaw Several remote code execution vulnerabilities have been found on Philips devices designed to generate cardiovascular imaging, report experts in cybersecurity. According to a security advisory from the US Department of Homeland Security‘s Computer Emergency Readiness Team, the first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-14787, affecting IntelliSpace Cardiovascular and Xcelera IntelliSpace Cardiovascular (ISCV), both Philips developments. […]