- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 2nd, 2015
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 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
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
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
App developers don't use encryption while sending health data to their online servers, exposing users to MitM attacks
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 19th, 2015
Software Firm's Blunder Exposes 1.5M Private User Details on AWS Server
3 million payment details leaked in the incident as well
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 10th, 2015
Excellus BCBS Data Breach Exposes Data for 10 Million Americans
Data breach occurred around Christmas 2013
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 28th, 2015
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
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 3rd, 2015
Data of 4 Million Patients Lost in MIE Hacking
Over a quarter of Indiana's residents affected
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 21st, 2015
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
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
Muscle-targeted injection therapy is the answer apparently
- Robots & Drones
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 27th, 2015
Robotic Bear Caretaker Can Lift People from Beds
Made for aged people who have trouble moving around
- Wearable Tech
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 24th, 2015
New Alert System Relies on Solar-Powered Armband
It will let caregivers know when patients get a fever
- 3D Printing
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 19th, 2015
Kickstarter: Stylish Orthotics That Will Heal Your Bones
Andiamo launching a new crowdfunding campaign
- 3D Printing Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 4th, 2015
Greatest Achievement of Bioprinting Yet: Synthetic Blood Vessels
It is not so much a replacement as a repair technique
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 21st, 2015
HealthCare.gov Leaks Health Info to Third Parties [AP]
Health insurance details reach online advertisers