Collaborate Disseminate
The agency will be sending out posters to high schools and running digital ads to raise awareness. Continue reading The FDA Is Launching An Anti-Juul Campaign That’s Like D.A.R.E. for Vaping
It is pretty unusual to be reading Bloomberg Businessweek and see an article with the main picture featuring a purple PCB (the picture above, in fact). But that’s just what we saw this morning. The story is about an open source modification to an insulin pump known as the RileyLink. This takes advantage of older Medtronic brand insulin pumps and allows you to control the BLE device from a smartphone remotely and use more sophisticated software to control blood sugar levels.
Of course, the FDA isn’t involved. If they were, the electronics would cost $7,000 instead of $250 — although, …read more
The delicate process for disclosing software and hardware bugs in medical devices has made important strides in recent years, according to experts, as big manufacturers have set up disclosure programs and the threat of lawsuits against security researchers has receded. Health care cybersecurity hands are now looking to capitalize on what they say is growing trust between manufacturers and researchers to strengthen vulnerability disclosure in the industry. “There’s still a lot of work to be done to make it better, but man, has it come a far way,” Jay Radcliffe, a cybersecurity researcher at medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific, said at the BSides Las Vegas conference Tuesday. “And as a researcher, that makes me a lot more comfortable doing my disclosures and doing my research.” Radcliffe, who is diabetic, told the story of a presentation he gave at Black Hat in 2011 on hacking insulin pumps. “At that time, the state of […]
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A new study found ecstasy and psychotherapy “significantly decreased” symptoms of PTSD in veterans and first responders. Continue reading Scientists Want the FDA to Designate MDMA a ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ for PTSD
In the news, SEC fines Yahoo $35 million for not reporting cyber breach, hackers found using a new code injection technique to evade detection, Microsoft dismantles it’s Windows Development Group, & more on this episode of Application Securi… Continue reading FDA, Microsoft, & Android – Application Security Weekly #14
The devices are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks and at risk of sudden battery loss. Continue reading Half a million pacemakers need a security patch
House lawmakers are calling on stakeholders in the health care industry for tips on how to secure old technology in the medical field. The Committee on Energy and Commerce put out a request for information Friday detailing its concern that outdated equipment and software used in hospitals and other medical organizations pose cybersecurity vulnerabilities that can put patients at risk. “While health care cybersecurity is a complex, nuanced challenge with many different contributing factors, the use of legacy technologies, which are typically more insecure than their modern counterparts, continues to be a root cause of many incidents,” the committee wrote. Fueling the committee’s concern is the WannaCry ransomware attack that paralyzed operations at numerous hospitals and health organizations around the world. The May 2017 attack, which has been widely attributed to North Korea, exploited unpatched versions of Microsoft Windows. In some cases, the machines were being used to run medical devices, such as MRI scanners and […]
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Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, called on social media sites and internet service providers to crack down on the online drug trade. Continue reading Facebook Needs to Do More to Stop the Online Opioid Market, Says FDA Chief
Engineering for medical, automotive, and aerospace is highly regulated. It’s not difficult to see why: lives are often at stake when devices in these fields fail. The cost of certifying and working within established regulations is not insignificant and this is likely the main reason we don’t see a lot of work on Open Hardware in these areas.
Ashwin K. Whitchurch wants to change this and see the introduction of simple but important Open Source medical devices for those who will benefit the most from them. His talk at the Hackaday Superconference explores the possible benefits of Open Medical devices …read more
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We recently ran a post about a cute little 3D printed elephant that could dispense booze. The design didn’t actually have the plastic touching the liquid — there was a silicone tube carrying the shots. However, it did spark a conversation at the secret Hackaday bunker about how safe it is to use 3D printed objects for food. In particular, when I say 3D printing, I’m talking fused deposition modeling. Yes, there are other technologies, but most of us are printing using filament laid out in layers with a hot nozzle.
There’s a common idea that ABS is bad in …read more
