Feds Warn That Connected Devices Are Prey for Cyberattackers
HHS is urging healthcare entities to enhance security of OT, IoMT and other devices used in their environments
The security of medical devices has been getting most of the attention from regulators in recent years, but other devices that make up the medical internet of things and operational technology systems are also vulnerable to cyberattacks, federal authorities warned in a new advisory.
Recent analysis by Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) found that 12 medical devices from five different manufacturers had vulnerabilities that were top targets of exploitation by malicious cyber actors, said Errol Weiss, chief security officer at Health-ISAC.
“What strikes me is that we now know that attackers are actively exploiting known vulnerabilities that also exist in medical devices – if anything that should raise the priority to patch these devices before they are compromised,” he said.
