Researcher hacks medical devices and the whole hospital with ease

  • 18 February 2016
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February 18, 2016  By Pierluigi Paganini
 

Sergey Lozhkin, a security expert at Kaspersky Lab demonstratd how it is easy for hackers to compromise medical devices and critical healthcare infrastructure.

 
The ascent in the Internet of Things (IoT) has left gadgets more associated, yet much of the time more vulnerable, than at any other time. From auto hacking to digital assaults against the vitality area, it has never been more essential for producers and IT groups to have a ‘security-first’ disposition.
 
Yet in spite of a precarious ascent in fruitful hacks, security is regularly disregarded. In a recent study as a feature of the recently held Security Analyst Summit in Spain, Sergey Lozhkin, a senior cyber specialist at security firm Kaspersky Lab, has turned his attention on doctor’s facilities to exhibit how simple it truly is for an online attacker to bargain critical medicinal infrastructure.
 
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My concern is what is the medical field doing about their security? It appears they are taking this lightly and not being proactive in security measures.

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