US warns of cyberattacks on medical devices
WASHINGTON: US authorities on Thursday warned makers of medical devices and hospital networks to step up efforts to guard against potential cyberattacks. The US Food and Drug Administration said...
View ArticleFDA urges protection of medical devices from cyber threats
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urged medical device makers and medical facilities to upgrade security protections to protect against potential cyber threats that could compromise...
View ArticleHackers threaten medical devices, FDA says
WASHINGTON -- The security analysts wanted to know how easy it would be to hack into medical devices used in hospitals, knowing the danger if outsiders could gain control. They found the answer when...
View ArticleFDA WANTS MEDICAL DEVICES CYBER SECURE
WASHINGTON The security analysts wanted to know how easy it would be to hack into medical devices used in hospitals, knowing the danger if outsiders could gain control. They found the answer when...
View ArticleFDA Issues Advisory Medical Devices and Hospital Network Security (HIMSS -...
(Source: HIMSS - Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) FDA Issues Advisory Medical Devices and Hospital Network Security Health IT News June 14, 2013 On June 13th, the Food and Drug...
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WASHINGTON — The security analysts wanted to know how easy it would be to hack into medical devices used in hospitals, knowing the danger if outsiders could gain control. They found the answer when...
View ArticleUS warns of cyber attacks on medical devices
WASHINGTON: US authorities on Thursday warned makers of medical devices and hospital networks to step up efforts to guard against potential cyber attacks. The US Food and Drug Administration said...
View ArticleU.S. FDA urges protection of medical devices from cyber threats
June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, citing potential cyber threats to medical devices, on Thursday urged medical device makers, hospitals and other medical facilities to upgrade...
View ArticleMedical devices are vulnerable to hacking, warns FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to the healthcare industry, calling for more vigilance when it comes to protecting medical devices from hacking. Anything from Pacemakers to...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-U.S. FDA urges protection of medical devices from cyber threats
By Ransdell Pierson and Jim Finkle June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urged medical device makers and medical facilities to upgrade security protections to protect...
View ArticleFDA Raises Concerns About The Cybersecurity Of Medical Devices
The FDA has raised concerns about the vulnerability of medical devices to cyberattack. In one dramatic instance, reported by the Wall Street Journal, a VA catheterization laboratory in New Jersey was...
View ArticleCardiac Device Infections Cost Money and Lives
TYRX, Sohail and Collaborators Present Findings of Medicare Study this Week at IDSA2011 MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. - Infections associated with the implantation or replacement of electronic cardiac...
View ArticleMedtronic Announces FDA Approval and Launch of Its Advisa MRI Pacemaker...
(Source: Medtronic CryoCath LP) Second-generation MR-Conditional Pacemaker Combines Advanced Pacing Technology with MRI Access MINNEAPOLIS - February 13, 2013 - Showcasing its leadership position in...
View ArticleThe Hacker Who Poked Holes in Medical Devices
Barnaby Jack, the 36-year-old hacker with a showman's flair whose death was reported last week, set an ambitious goal a few years back: Help secure the millions of insulin pumps, pacemakers and other...
View ArticleBetter systems needed for medical device cybersecurity, experts say
Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Amherst analyzed reports from decades of U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)...
View ArticleHighly Contagious Malware Could Cause 'Mass Murder' By Hacking Pacemakers To...
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View ArticleMedical Malware Rampant in US Hospitals
Medical devices are at risk from computer attacks and malware, government experts say. The problem, in part, stems from fears that updating or modifying existing software could break U.S. Food and Drug...
View ArticleAuto-Immune: "Symbiotes" Could Be Deployed to Thwart Cyber Attacks
Anti-hacker defenses have long focused mainly on protecting personal computers and servers in homes and offices. However, as microchips grow smaller and more powerful, new targets for hackers are...
View ArticleMedtronic Announces CE Mark and Launch for CapSureFix Novus(TM) 5076 MRI Lead...
(Source: Medtronic Inc) Proven LeadExpands Access to MRI for Patients with Slow Heartbeat TOLOCHENAZ - May 21, 2013 -- Medtronic today announced CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) and launch of its...
View ArticleNearly 50% of Patients with Cardiac Device Infections Don’t Survive Beyond...
New Study of Medicare Patients Presented at 2013 Heart Rhythm Society Meeting Heart Rhythm 2013 DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The incremental mortality in implantable pacemaker and defibrillator recipients...
View ArticleCosts, Mortality Skyrocket Following Infection in Cardiac Device Recipients
New Study in Medicare Beneficiaries Published in Archives of Internal Medicine MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new study finds that infections following cardiac device implantations or...
View ArticleComputer viruses and malware 'rampant' in medical tech, experts warn
High-risk medical technology has been found to be infected by computer viruses and malware, health and security experts have said. They fear that the virus infections could become so severe that a...
View ArticleSecurity risks found in sensors for heart devices, consumer electronics...
(Source: University of Michigan) Details Published on May 16, 2013 Contact Nicole Casal Moore, U-M, (734) 647-7087, ncmoore@umich.edu or Kathryn McPhail, USC, (803) 777-2576, mcphailk@cec.sc.edu or Lan...
View ArticleSecurity risks found in sensors for heart devices, consumer electronics
Implantable defibrillators monitor the heart for irregular beating and, when necessary, administer an electric shock to bring it back into normal rhythm. Pacemakers use electrical pulses to...
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View ArticleHack A Pacemaker And Kill The Patient With Lethal Shocks
Posted: November 30, 2012 There seems to be no end to the willingness of some human beings to use technology to evil ends, as evidenced by the latest medical scare to come to the world’s attention....
View ArticleDeath by pacemaker scary possibility
Across the way at a gate, a passenger getting ready to board a plane suddenly grabs his chest and collapses. The businessman closes his laptop and walks away, disappearing down the concourse as a crowd...
View ArticleGov't warns medical device manufacturers to step up cybersecurity measures...
So far, the idea of hacking into medical devices has been limited to fiction and hacker demonstrations. But U.S. regulators and security experts say the threat is real: malicious actors can gain access...
View ArticleComputer Viruses Are "Rampant" on Medical Devices in Hospitals
A meeting of government officials reveals that medical equipment is becoming riddled with malware. 15 comments David Talbot Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Health scare: Much hospital equipment uses...
View ArticleSecurity experts sound medical device malware alarm
They run without updates and present easy targets for malware. Considering the range of today's computerized medical devices that are put to use in hospitals, including fetal monitors for at risk...
View ArticleA New Cyber Concern: Hack Attacks on Medical Devices
Computer viruses do not discriminate. Malware prowling the cybersphere for bank information and passwords does not distinguish between a home computer or a hospital machine delivering therapy to a...
View ArticleFDA, facing cybersecurity threats, tightens medical-device standards
The security analysts wanted to know how easy it would be to hack into medical devices used in hospitals, knowing the danger if outsiders could gain control. They found the answer when they managed to...
View ArticleCenter for Internet Security Partners with the Healthcare Community to...
New security benchmarks will be developed through consensus process with medical device manufacturers, healthcare facilities and cyber security experts EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The...
View ArticleSt. Jude Medical Announces Acquisition and CE Mark Approval of World's...
Nanostim leadless pacemaker represents one of the most important advances in the history of pacing technology ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ), a global medical device...
View ArticleDick Cheney's Fear of Heart Device Hacks Justified, Experts Say
Dick Cheney's fear of assassination by heart device hack was justified, according to medical device security experts. The former vice president, who relied on a pacemaker, an implantable defibrillator...
View ArticleSt. Jude Medical Announces Acquisition and CE Mark Approval of World's First...
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Nanostim, Inc., a privately-owned developer...
View ArticleSt. Jude Medical Announces Acquisition and CE Mark Approval of World's First...
(Source: St Jude Medical Inc) St. Jude Medical Announces Acquisition and CE Mark Approval of World's First Leadless Pacemaker Nanostim leadless pacemaker represents one of the most important advances...
View ArticleMedical devices vulnerable to hackers, new report says
By Tanya LewisPublished September 24, 2013LiveScience In an episode of the television series "Homeland," a terrorist organization assassinates the vice president of the United States by wirelessly...
View ArticleChristos Mandanis Pacemakers and other devices keep the heart beating...
Most of us are too busy to think about our heart beating. We depend on it to beat regularly 60 to 100 times per minute, keeping our blood flowing and our body functioning. However, we do notice if our...
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