Tag: Pacemakers
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Hacking Yourself: Marie Moe and Pacemaker Security
There is a very long tradition of hacking your own stuff in the security community, but when it comes to hacking yourself, Marie Moe is in …
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Medtronic’s Implantable Defibrillators Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Hacks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday issued an advisory warning people of severe vulnerabilities in over a dozen heart …
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Critical flaw lets hackers control lifesaving devices implanted inside patients
Even in the unlikely scenario that an unauthorized user may be able to access the wireless technology, that access does not equate to the …
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Pacemaker controllers still vulnerable 18 months after flaws reported
A popular brand of heart pacemaker is still vulnerable to compromise more than a year and a half after the company that makes them was told …
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Hack causes pacemakers to deliver life-threatening shocks
Life-saving pacemakers manufactured by Medtronic don’t rely on encryption to safeguard firmware updates, a failing that makes it possible …
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Lack of encryption makes hacks on life-saving pacemakers shockingly easy
Life-saving pacemakers manufactured by Medtronic don’t rely on encryption to safeguard firmware updates, a failing that makes it possible …
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A New Pacemaker Hack Puts Malware Directly On the Device
hacks emerged about a decade ago. But the latest variation on the terrifying theme depends not on manipulating radio commands, as many …
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Abbott to fix critical vulnerabilities in 350,000 ICDs & Pacemakers
Abbott has recalled around 350,000 implantable defibrillators for firmware upgrading because these devices are identified to be containing …
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Abbott to fix critical vulnerability in 350,000 ICDs & Pacemakers
Abbott has recalled around 350,000 implantable defibrillators for firmware upgrading because these devices are identified to be containing …
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Half a million pacemakers need a security patch
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month approved a firmware patch for pacemakers made by Abbott’s (formerly St Jude Medical) …
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Life-saving Pacemakers, Defibrillators Can Be Hacked and Turned Off
Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are lifesaving devices but malicious actors can exploit vulnerabilities and …
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Researchers warn of invisible attacks on electrical sensors
Are the humble analogue transducers embedded in vast numbers of sensors the next low-level technology in need of a security rethink? A new …
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