Major Hospitals affected by PwnedPiper Vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: White. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Multiple Zero-day vulnerabilities PwnedPiper have been found affecting the HMI-3 Control Panel of Swisslog Healthcare’s TransLogic Pneumatic Tube Systems PTS. PTS is a specialized system that uses compressor to transport...

‘PwnedPiper’: Devastating Bugs in >80% of Hospital Pneumatics

Researchers have discovered nine vulnerabilities – collectively dubbed PwnedPiper – in the pneumatic tube systems PTS used in more than 80 percent of major hospitals in North America. The bugs, in Swisslog Healthcare’s Translogic PTS, include hard-coded passwords, unencrypted connections and...

PwnedPiper PTS Security Flaws Threaten 80% of Hospitals in the U.S.

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a set of nine vulnerabilities known as "PwnedPiper" that left a widely-used pneumatic tube system PTS vulnerable to critical attacks, including a possibility of complete takeover. The security weaknesses, disclosed by American cybersecurity firm Armis...