Inogen today announced it was the victim of a data breach in which employee email messages containing sensitive customer information were accessed from an external agent without authorization. The Goleta, Calif.-based company said that messages were accessed externally between January 2 and March 14 this year, and contained attached files that “may have contained personal […]
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity firm’s fake healthcare network draws hackers
Healthcare networks and infrastructures are increasingly serving as the targets of hackers, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm TrapX Security. In a new report, the firm claims to have developed a fake healthcare provider network and distributed access credentials across the Darknet market, seeking to draw intruders to gain more information on how […]
Hacking pacemakers is good TV, but is it for real?
Worry less about bad people hacking pacemakers and other cardiac devices. Worry more about them disrupting hospitals’ communications networks. That’s the major message out of the American College of Cardiology’s Electrophysiology Council, which published an article about cardiac devices earlier this month in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The idea that hackers might […]
Attivo Networks receives validation from BD for BOTsink cybersecurity solution
Attivo Networks recently announced that it has received validation through a BD Product Security Partner Program for its BOTsink cybersecurity deception solution when used with BD devices. The company recently expanded its IOT portfolio and the BD collaboration will allow for improved detection capabilities against cyber threats that impact medical devices. The deception-based threat detection […]
Cybersecurity: Email is largest source of healthcare data breaches for 2017
Emails are the top source for data breaches so far this year according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, Modern Healthcare reports. A total of 73 breaches were reported between January 1 and November 30, affecting information related to 573,698 individuals, according to the report. The threat of email breaches is not unknown […]
BD looks to beef up cybersecurity with new product security partnership program
Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) today announced the establishment of its product security partnership program looking to enhance medical device cybersecurity Through the program, the Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based company said it will actively participate with government agencies, industry associations and security researchers. The company will also collaborate with UL and ANSI UL 2900 cybersecurity standards and create a cybersecurity […]
UK’s National Health Service to tap “ethical hackers” in $27m cybersecurity push
The UK’s NHS is looking to spend $26.7 million (GBP £20 million) to reinforce its central cybersecurity unit with “ethical hackers”, as it aims to bolster its protection from future attacks on its health services systems, according to a The Times UK report. The new additions will reportedly monitor for emerging threats and work alongside […]
House Committee urges HHS to improve med device cybersecurity
The US House Energy and Commerce committee is looking to the Department of Health and Human Services to shore up medical device cybersecurity, according to a report from The Hill. Committee Chair Greg Walden (R-Ore.) sent a letter to the HHS asking it to require device makers to provide a listed bill of materials, including […]
DHS warns on vulnerabilities in Boston Scientific cardiac implant programmer
The Dept. of Homeland Security said this month it discovered vulnerabilities within Boston Scientific‘s (NYSE:BSX) Zoom Latitude programmer designed to communicate with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators, warning of exploits that could allow access to personal health information. In its report, the DHS’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team said it found 2 vulnerabilities in […]
New bill looks to establish med device cybersecurity guidelines, rules
Two US House representatives have introduced a new bill looking to protect medical devices from the increasing risk of cyberattacks according to a DOTmed report. Representatives Dave Trott (R-Mich) and Susan Brooks (R-Ind) introduced the Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act, which opposes a partnership between public and private stakeholders to create guidelines to […]
US DHS warns of vulnerabilities in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 infusion pump
The US Dept. of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a warning over issues with Smiths Medical’s Medfusion 4000 wireless syringe infusion pump after discovering 8 cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the device. The notice is for versions 1.1, 1.5 and 1.6 Medfusion 4000 wireless syringe infusion pumps, according to the DHS […]