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Medtronic Fixes Critical Flaw in Cardiac Device Data System

The critical flaw is exploitable remotely and has a low attack complexity, warns CISA.

Medical Devices

Decipher Podcast: Justine Bone

The medical industry is still facing an array of security challenges, but hospitals and healthcare providers are becoming more aware of the risks inherent in their environments.

Podcast, Medical Devices

Critical RCE Flaws Impact Medical Devices

Patches are available for three critical-severity remote code execution flaws that affect more than 150 devices, including medical imaging and laboratory products.

Vulnerability, Medical Devices

FDA Names New Head of Medical Devices Security

The Food & Drug Administration has appointed University of Michigan computer science researcher Kevin Fu to serve as the agency's Acting Director of Medical Device Cybersecurity.

Government, Medical Devices

Hacking Medical Devices to Hijack Secure Facilities

Security researchers have demonstrated in the past how implanted medical devices such as insulin pumps and pacemakers can be compromised. A team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University investigated how these devices could be used to compromise secure facilities used to work on classified information.

Black Hat, Medical Devices