Abbott Addresses Life-Threatening Flaw in a Half-Million Pacemakers

About 350,000 implantable defilibrators are up for a firmware update, to address potentially life-threatening vulnerabilities. Abbott formerly St. Jude Medical has released another upgrade to the firmware installed on certain implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD or cardiac resynchronization...

FDA Demands St. Jude Take Action on Medical Device Security

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday sent Abbott Laboratories a warning letter citing that it had inadequately addressed the security of the maligned Merlin@home Transmitter. The letter promises regulatory action against the healthcare company should vulnerabilities in the device...

St. Jude Medical Patches Vulnerable Cardiac Devices

St. Jude Medical today released an update for the Merlin@home Transmitter medical device that includes a patch for vulnerabilities made public last year in a controversial disclosure by research company MedSec Holdings and hedge fund Muddy Waters. In a paper published last August, Muddy Waters sa...

St. Jude Faces New Claim Heart Devices are Hackable

St. Jude Medical is facing fresh allegations its heart implant devices are vulnerable to cyberattacks. The claims were introduced by the defense as part of St. Jude’s defamation lawsuit against short seller Muddy Waters and security firm MedSec. In a legal filing submitted Monday, experts hired b...

FDA, DHS Investigating St. Jude Device Vulnerabilities

The U.S. government has entered into the St. Jude-MedSec-Muddy Waters fray with an investigation into claims St. Jude medical devices are vulnerable to cyberattacks. The Food and Drug Administration and Department of Homeland Security also apparently disapprove of the approach taken by MedSec and...

St. Jude Alleges False Claims, Stock Manipulation in Suit Against Med Sec, Muddy Waters

St. Jude Medical yesterday filed a lawsuit alleging that investment research firm Muddy Waters and healthcare security research company Med Sec made false claims in a report focused on the security of St. Jude products. The report released Aug. 25 warned of potentially catastrophic cybersecurity...

On MedSec, Muddy Waters, Angler and Lurk, Fairware, and Bashlite

Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the MedSec/Muddy Waters story, how the Angler exploit kit was traced back to the Lurk Gang, Fairware hitting Linux servers, and the Bashlite IoT malware. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapSeptember22016.mp3 Music by Chris...

Pacemaker Hacking Fears Rise With Critical Research Report

Pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical devices made by a leading medical equipment maker are vulnerable to potentially “catastrophic” cyberattacks. With relatively little effort tens of thousands of cardiac devices made by St. Jude Medical are vulnerable to attack, according a report releas...