Critical Medical Equipment Vulnerable to LDAP and SQL Injection Attacks

Critical Medical Equipment Vulnerable to LDAP and SQL Injection Attacks

Attackers can bypass authentication and access patient data

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 16th, 2015
Microsoft Helps Out Healthcare Sector with New Data Encryption Algorithm <em>UPDATE</em>

Microsoft Helps Out Healthcare Sector with New Data Encryption Algorithm UPDATE

Microsoft reveals SEAL - Simple Encrypted Arithmetic Library

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 13th, 2015
2015: WordPress Sites Saw a 250 Percent Rise in Attacks

2015: WordPress Sites Saw a 250 Percent Rise in Attacks

Healthcare sector was also hit hard by hackers

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 29th, 2015
Thousands of IoT Medical Devices Found Vulnerable to Online Attacks

Thousands of IoT Medical Devices Found Vulnerable to Online Attacks

Medical equipment can be easily hacked and taken over, as two security researchers reveal at DerbyCon

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 25th, 2015
UK NHS-Approved Health Apps Are Woefully Insecure, Researchers Find

UK NHS-Approved Health Apps Are Woefully Insecure, Researchers Find

App developers don't use encryption while sending health data to their online servers, exposing users to MitM attacks

Software Firm's Blunder Exposes 1.5M Private User Details on AWS Server

Software Firm's Blunder Exposes 1.5M Private User Details on AWS Server

3 million payment details leaked in the incident as well

Excellus BCBS Data Breach Exposes Data for 10 Million Americans

Excellus BCBS Data Breach Exposes Data for 10 Million Americans

Data breach occurred around Christmas 2013

Report Shows the Sorry State of Security in the US Healthcare Sector

Report Shows the Sorry State of Security in the US Healthcare Sector

81% of healthcare executives admit to having been compromised in recent cyber-attacks, survey reveals

Data of 4 Million Patients Lost in MIE Hacking

Data of 4 Million Patients Lost in MIE Hacking

Over a quarter of Indiana's residents affected

Data Breach at CareFirst Health Insurer Affects 1.1 Million Customers

Data Breach at CareFirst Health Insurer Affects 1.1 Million Customers

Attack detected in time but illegal access was not stopped

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 21st, 2015
Scientists Want to Build Cars That Fail to Start If the Driver Is Drunk

Scientists Want to Build Cars That Fail to Start If the Driver Is Drunk

Investigation shows such vehicles could prevent well over 59,000 deaths in the US alone over a 15-year period

  • Health
  • By Sebastian Pop
  • February 27th, 2015
Weight Loss Techniques Don't Work? Take This Injection

Weight Loss Techniques Don't Work? Take This Injection

Muscle-targeted injection therapy is the answer apparently

Robotic Bear Caretaker Can Lift People from Beds

Robotic Bear Caretaker Can Lift People from Beds

Made for aged people who have trouble moving around

New Alert System Relies on Solar-Powered Armband

New Alert System Relies on Solar-Powered Armband

It will let caregivers know when patients get a fever

Kickstarter: Stylish Orthotics That Will Heal Your Bones

Kickstarter: Stylish Orthotics That Will Heal Your Bones

Andiamo launching a new crowdfunding campaign

Greatest Achievement of Bioprinting Yet: Synthetic Blood Vessels

Greatest Achievement of Bioprinting Yet: Synthetic Blood Vessels

It is not so much a replacement as a repair technique

HealthCare.gov Leaks Health Info to Third Parties [AP]

HealthCare.gov Leaks Health Info to Third Parties [AP]

Health insurance details reach online advertisers

 
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