Medtronic Defibrillators Have Critical Flaws, Warns DHS

The Department of Homeland Security has issued an emergency alert warning of critical flaws allowing attackers to tamper with several Medtronic medical devices, including defibrillators. The two vulnerabilities – comprised of a medium and critical-severity flaw – exist in 20 products made by the...

DHS Alert on Dragonfly APT Contains IOCs, Rules Likely to Trigger False Positives

A joint Technical Alert, TA17–293A, released over the weekend by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security describing the activities of a Russian APT may contain signatures and rules likely to trigger false positives in some security systems. The alert, made available Saturday morning, dissects...

DHS Urges Vigilance in Protecting Networking Gear

After a summer of high-profile attacks and disclosures centered around enterprise network infrastructure, the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday put out an alert explaining some of the tactics used by advanced attackers, and urged special caution in maintaining supply chain integrity. The...

Telephony Denial-of-Service Attacks Prompt Federal Attention

The call-center equivalent of network-based denial-of-service attacks, known as telephony denial-of-service TDoS, have targeted emergency services among other industries, enough to garner attention from the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Communications...