Medical device security in a pandemic world
The pandemic has put a lot of things on hold over the last year, but medical device security shouldn’t be one of them.
Posted in Managing security risks, Medical Device Security
Hacking medical devices: Five ways to inoculate yourself from attacks
Healthcare companies must follow medical device security best practices to defend against attacks on devices and the networks and systems they connect to.
Posted in Building secure software, Healthcare Security & Privacy, Medical Device Security
Uncover SweynTooth vulnerabilities with Defensics fuzz testing
SweynTooth is a set of Bluetooth Low Energy vulnerabilities. We can reproduce many of these vulnerabilities using Defensics Bluetooth LE Test Suites.
Posted in Fuzz Testing, IoT Security, Medical Device Security, Security news and research
The journey to better medical device security: Still slow, still bumpy
Medical device security is not keeping up with new threats. Among the reasons: funding, delayed initiatives, and a focus on critical service delivery.
Posted in Medical Device Security, Security news and research
Treating security like safety: What the FDA’s recognition of UL 2900-2-1:2018 means for developers
UL 2900-2-1 calls for the secure design and security testing of medical devices. What does the FDA’s adoption of the standard mean for your development team?
Posted in Healthcare Security & Privacy, Medical Device Security
The IoT within us: Network-connected medical devices
The Internet of Things is now inside us. But network-connected medical devices are troubling, considering the history of medical device vulnerabilities.
Posted in Healthcare Security & Privacy, IoT Security, Medical Device Security
Medical device security improvements coming—but not anytime soon
Will the cyber security of medical devices improve with the FDA’s adoption of UL 2900-2-1? Most devices weren’t designed to be connected to the internet.
Posted in Healthcare Security & Privacy, Medical Device Security
Cardiac patient data at risk, Philips reports
It’s never good news to find out that both your personal and clinical information could be compromised by the software platform your healthcare provider is using.
Posted in Healthcare Security & Privacy, Medical Device Security
Medical devices still hackable, researchers say
What makes medical devices hackable? The same thing that makes websites hackable: software vulnerabilities. But the consequences are far worse than stolen data.
Posted in Healthcare Security & Privacy, Medical Device Security
How to help your medical devices meet the UL (and FDA) standard
The FDA’s adoption of UL 2900-2-1 as a consensus standard for premarket certification of medical devices means the world is about to change—for the better.
Posted in Healthcare Security & Privacy, Medical Device Security