Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Report: U.S. hospitals, medical devices rife with stealthy cybersecurity attacks

Report: U.S. hospitals, medical devices rife with stealthy cybersecurity attacks-massdevice: Unsecured medical devices represent an increasing risk for hospitals, with radiology imaging systems in particular named as a prominent "attack surface" for digital attackers. Cybersecurity researchers at Norse released their report on the "epidemic of compromises at healthcare organizations," flagging radiology equipment, patient monitoring systems, and Internet-facing surgical and anesthesia devices as especially vulnerable elements of hospitals' networked systems.