A Smart Pump Used by Hospitals to Deliver IV Drugs Is Vulnerable to Wireless Attacks
The last place you should have to worry about being hacked is laid out in a hospital bed . But as wireless devices continue to sate patient elbow room , those fears ca n’t help but maturate . Last week , the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) issued an advisory warning about a vulnerability unearthed in one such wireless gadget . Security researcher Scott Gayou identified eight vulnerabilities in a syringe infusion pump — a simple machine used to administer to patients precision dose of medication intravenously ....