Hardcoded credentials

MEDHOST Document Management System contains hard-coded credentials that are used for customer database access. An attacker with knowledge of the hard-coded credentials and the ability to communicate directly with the database may be able to obtain or modify sensitive patient and financial...

CVE-2017-11614

MEDHOST Connex contains hard-coded credentials that are used for customer database access. An attacker with knowledge of the hard-coded credentials and the ability to communicate directly with the database may be able to obtain or modify sensitive patient and financial information. Connex utilize...

CVE-2017-11614

CVE-2017-11614 involves MEDHOST Connex hard-coded IBM i DB2 user credentials (HMSCXPDN). The vulnerability arises because the password is embedded in multiple locations in the Connex application and cannot be changed by customers, and the account has elevated DB2 roles enabling access to all obje...

MEDHOST Connex Hard-Coded Credentials

Overview ------------ MEDHOST Connex for all versions contains hard-coded credentials that are used for customer database access. This is a new vulnerability not related to CVE-2016-4328. Description ------------ MEDHOST Connex contains hard-coded credentials that are used for customer database...

Over 8,600 Vulnerabilities Found in Pacemakers

"If you want to keep living, Pay a ransom, or die." This could happen, as researchers have found thousands of vulnerabilities in Pacemakers that hackers could exploit. Millions of people that rely on pacemakers to keep their hearts beating are at risk of software glitches and hackers, which could...

Open Dental Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability

Open Dental formerly Free Dental is a suite of open source dental practice management software from Open Dental USA. A security vulnerability exists in Open Dental that stems from the program containing hard-coded database credentials. A remote attacker with known credentials could exploit the...

MEDHOST Perioperative Information Management System Unauthorized Operation Vulnerability

MEDHOST Perioperative Information Management System PIMS is a suite of solutions covering surgical treatment, nursing care and other services from MEDHOST, Inc. that includes an anesthesia information management system AIMS, remote host control and streamlined patient tracking. A security...

MEDHOST Perioperative Information Management System contains hard-coded database credentials

Overview MEDHOST Perioperative Information Management System PIMS versions prior to 2015R1 contain hard-coded credentials that are used for customer database access. Description CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials - CVE-2016-4328MEDHOST PIMS, previously branded as VPIMS, contains hard-coded...

CVE-2016-2343

Patterson Dental Eaglesoft 17 has a hardcoded password of sql for the dba account, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive Dental.DB patient information via SQL statements...

Healthcare IT Security Practices Poor, Systems Compromised

A new report from the SANS Institute warns that the push to digitize all health care records along with the emergence of HealthCare.gov and the general proliferation of electronic protected health information ePHI online will only exacerbate the security problems faced by those that store sensiti...

Small Medical Offices Biggest Risk to Patient Data Security, Privacy

Small physician practices, much like their small commercial business counterparts, have been the primary source of health care related data breaches, according to an analysis of breaches from 2009 to October 2012 released today by the Health Information Trust Alliance HITRUST. These smaller medic...

Study Examines Security and Privacy in Computer-Related Medical Device Recalls

Nearly one-third of all recalled medical devices contain computers, and half of those are recalled because of computer-related problems, according to a recent study. ‘Security and Privacy Qualities of Medical Devices: An Analysis of FDA Postmarket Surveillance’ was funded by the Department of...

Watchdog Says Government Failing To Enforce HIPAA Privacy Protections

The Government Accountability Office GAO is warning that the U.S. government hasn’t lived up to promises to protect the privacy of Medicare patients who use the federal government’s Prescription Drug Benefit and not following through on promises to audit organizations that store patient health...

DHS Warns About Threat Of Mobile Devices In Healthcare

In a bulletin, the Department of Homeland Security DHS is warning healthcare organizations about the threat posed by insecure, network attached medical devices and the proliferation of smart phones, tablet PCs and other mobile devices in medical settings. DHS’s National Cybersecurity and...

Real World Security – Larry Whiteside Interview

Like every other security executive in the health care industry, Larry Whiteside, CISO of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, spends much of his time dealing with compliance-related issues. But the distributed nature of his user population means that he has sensitive patient data on thousands...

The Berkeley breach: Is SaaS the answer?

One recent Friday afternoon I took time off to visit two new health providers: a new dentist nearer my home and an orthopedic to look at my lateral epicondylitis. In both cases, as a new patient, I filled in page after page of medical history and personal information, including my Social Security...