CVE-2019-6540

The CVE-2019-6540 issue is concrete: the Conexus telemetry protocol used by Medtronic MyCareLink/CareLink devices and related CRT-D/ICD hardware does not encrypt communications (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information) and, per ICS-CERT, can be exploited by an attacker with adjacent, shor...

Medtronic defibrillators vulnerable to life threatening cyber attacks

By Waqas Defibrillators are electronic devices manufactured to save the lives of people with life-threatening heart conditions such as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy HCM. But now, according to the Department of Homeland Security DHS, Medtronic defibrillators are vulnerable to cyber attacks allowing...