Medical Device Security: Diagnosis Critical

A hacked insulin pump is the last thing a diabetic wants to worry about when life-saving fluids are pumped into their body. Sadly, concerns about medical device IT security are a healthcare reality. Last year, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA issued more than a...

Many Drug Pumps Open to Variety of Security Flaws

In April, a security researcher disclosed a litany of severe vulnerabilities in the PCA3 drug-infusion pump manufactured by a company named Hospira. He went so far as to call the pump “the least secure IP enabled device I’ve ever touched in my life.” As it turns out, those same vulnerabilities...

Vulnerability-Riddled Drug Pumps Open to Takeover

One medical device company’s line of drug pumps is so fraught with vulnerabilities that the researcher that discovered the flaws claims the pump is the least secure IP-enabled device he’s ever come across. Certain versions of Hospira’s Lifecare PCA3 Drug Infusion pumps are susceptible to multiple...