FDA Issues Warning about Security Vulnerabilities in Pacemaker Programmers

FDA Issues Warning about Security Vulnerabilities in Pacemaker Programmers

Medtronic users vulnerable to malicious cyberattacks

US Government Warns Hackers Could Stop Pacemakers and Kill Patients

US Government Warns Hackers Could Stop Pacemakers and Kill Patients

FDA warns that certain pacemakers are vulnerable to hackers

Security Researcher with Implanted Pacemaker Sounds the Alarm on IoT Medical Devices

Security Researcher with Implanted Pacemaker Sounds the Alarm on IoT Medical Devices

Pacemakers fail to protect user health details

Airport Security Scanner Kills 30-Year-Old Woman in Russia

Airport Security Scanner Kills 30-Year-Old Woman in Russia

The woman's husband says the airport scanner interfered with her pacemaker, caused her to die in just a few minutes

Apple Called It First: iPads and Pacemakers Don’t Go Together

Apple Called It First: iPads and Pacemakers Don’t Go Together

Story about 14-year-old girl’s discovery could be overblown

14-Year-Old Girl Discovers iPads Can Affect Pacemakers <em>Bloomberg</em>

14-Year-Old Girl Discovers iPads Can Affect Pacemakers Bloomberg

The magnets in the Smart Cover can turn off the implanted defibrillators

Hackers Could Hijack Pacemakers and Remotely Deliver Deadly Electric Shocks

Hackers Could Hijack Pacemakers and Remotely Deliver Deadly Electric Shocks

Security researcher Barnaby Jack unveiled his findings at the BreakPoint conference

New Pacemaker Fits in the Head of a Pin

New Pacemaker Fits in the Head of a Pin

It receives power wirelessly from outside the body

Cybersecurity Features in Medical Devices Should Exist by Default, Experts Say

Cybersecurity Features in Medical Devices Should Exist by Default, Experts Say

A lot of lives may be in peril if measures are not taken

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 11th, 2008
Pacemakers Could Be Powered by the Heart

Pacemakers Could Be Powered by the Heart

The energy of a heart beat could be harvested for power

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2008
Headphones Interfere with Internal Medical Devices

Headphones Interfere with Internal Medical Devices

Pacemakers and defibrillators are affected by close magnet proximity

Respiratory Centers of the Brain Discovered at MIT

Respiratory Centers of the Brain Discovered at MIT

Two areas of the brain are responsible for the respiratory reflex

  • iWorld
  • By Filip Truta
  • March 31st, 2008
iPods Declared Pacemaker-Friendly Once Again

iPods Declared Pacemaker-Friendly Once Again

Electrophysiologists at Children's Hospital Boston have concluded that iPods don't interfere with pacemakers

  • Apple
  • By Filip Truta
  • February 4th, 2008
FDA: iPods Don't Interfere with Pacemakers

FDA: iPods Don't Interfere with Pacemakers

Beat goes on for both heart and Apple music players

The Heart's Natural Pacemaker

The Heart's Natural Pacemaker

An enzyme slowing down your heart beats