Santesoft Releases Security Update for Sante DICOM Viewer Pro

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Medical Advisory for a vulnerability in Santesoft Sante DICOM Viewer Pro. Sante DICOM Viewer Pro is an application for viewing, processing, and editing DICOM-format medical Read More …

MicroDicom Releases DICOM Viewer Software Update

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Medical Advisory for a vulnerability found in MicroDicom DICOM Viewer. DICOM Viewer is an application for primary processing and preservation of medical images in DICOM format. Read More …

Potential Backdoor Embedded in Contec Health CMS8000 Patient Monitor Firmware

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a medical product advisory for the Contec Health CMS8000 Patient Monitor to address one critical and two high severity vulnerabilities. The Contec CMS8000 is a patient monitor used to display Read More …

The Proliferation of Cellular in IoT

Analysis of Cellular Based Internet of Things (IoT) Technology is a new whitepaper co-authored by Rapid7 principal security researcher Deral Heiland and Thermo Fisher Scientific lead product security researcher Carlota Bindner. In this new research, the authors dive deep into Read More …

Millions of patient scans and health records spilling online thanks to decades-old protocol bug

Thousands of exposed servers are spilling the medical records and personal health information of millions of patients due to security weaknesses in a decades-old industry standard designed for storing and sharing medical images, researchers have warned. This standard, known as Read More …

CardioComm, a provider of ECG monitoring devices, confirms cyberattack downed its services

CardioComm Solutions, a Canadian provider of consumer and professional-grade heart monitoring technologies, has been downed by an ongoing cybersecurity incident. The Toronto-based organization said on Tuesday that its business operations will be “impacted for several days and potentially longer” following Read More …

CISA Releases One Industrial Control Systems Medical Advisory

CISA released one Industrial Control Systems Medical (ICS) medical advisory on April 27, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS medical Read More …

The dangers of “connected” healthcare: predictions for 2022

For a second consecutive year, the time for Kaspersky to make its predictions for the healthcare sector comes amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the virus still dominates most aspects of our lives, and, of course, the pandemic remained the Read More …

A set of vulnerabilities in TCP/IP stacks could leave millions of connected medical devices open to attack

Critical vulnerabilities in millions of connected devices used in hospital networks could allow attackers to disrupt medical equipment and patient monitors, as well as Internet of Things devices that control systems and equipment throughout facilities, such as lighting and ventilation Read More …

BlackMatter ransomware hits medical technology giant Olympus

Olympus, a leading medical technology company, is investigating a “potential cybersecurity incident” that impacted some of its EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) IT systems last week. Olympus has more than 31,000 employees worldwide and over 100 years of history developing Read More …