Medtronic Patches Implanted Device, CareLink Programmer Bugs
The medical device giant has issued fixes for bugs first disclosed in 2018 and 2019. Continue reading Medtronic Patches Implanted Device, CareLink Programmer Bugs
Category Archives: ICD
Abbott to fix critical vulnerabilities in 350,000 ICDs & Pacemakers
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Abbott has recalled around 350,000 implantable defibrillators for firmware upgrading
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Medicine pumps & Pacemaker threat as Dr’s simulate hacked overdose
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Doctors Demonstrate Dangers of Hacked Medicine Pumps By Simulating Emergency
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Mental Health Experts Warn Against World Health Organization’s Definition of ‘Gaming Disorder’
‘What, exactly, are the symptoms of gaming disorder? Or are we to presume that clinicians will know it when they see it?’ Continue reading Mental Health Experts Warn Against World Health Organization’s Definition of ‘Gaming Disorder’
Life-saving Pacemakers, Defibrillators Can Be Hacked and Turned Off
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Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are lifesaving devices but malicious
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Microchip ICD4 REview
[Mike] is an avid PIC developer and replaced his ICD3 debugger for an ICD4. He made a video with his impressions and you can see it below. [Mike] found the heavy aluminum case with a sexy LED attractive, but wondered why he was paying for that in a development tool. He was also unhappy that they replaced the ICD3 cable connections with new connectors. Finally, he wished for the pin out to be printed on the case.
On the other hand, the ICD4 will also do JTAG and handle the Atmel parts (which Microchip acquired). [Mike] opens the box and …read more
