Recent Cybersecurity News
02
January
2023
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09:39
Europe/Amsterdam
While in office as US Vice-President, Dick Cheney had the remote monitoring function of his pacemaker turned off over concerns a malicious hacker could access his device. In 2012, an episode of the TV drama Homeland depicts a faraway terrorist …
15
December
2021
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18:11
Europe/Amsterdam
BIOTRONIK Statement on the Log4Shell Vulnerability
Updated December 21, 2021
The discovery of a high-severity vulnerability known as Log4Shell was disclosed publicly on December 9, 2021, while a related lower-severity vulnerability was disclosed on December 14, 2021. These …
19
June
2020
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20:50
Europe/Amsterdam
CardioMessenger devices form an essential part of BIOTRONIK’s remote monitoring system, enabling the secure transmission of critical patient and device data to the treating physician. As the company that pioneered remote monitoring, we have taken …
04
March
2020
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14:02
Europe/Amsterdam
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a Safety Communication regarding a family of cybersecurity vulnerabilities known as SweynTooth, which may introduce risks for certain medical devices that use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless …
04
October
2019
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15:31
Europe/Amsterdam
On October 1, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Safety Communication regarding a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, referred to as “Urgent/11” that — if exploited by a remote attacker — may introduce risks for medical devices and …
12
August
2019
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15:37
Europe/Amsterdam
The work ‘Security Testing of the Pacemaker Ecosystem’ was recently published as a master’s thesis, authored by Mr. Anders Been Wilhelmsen and Mr. Eivind Skjelmo Kristiansen. This publication investigates the state of cybersecurity of BIOTRONIK’s …
22
March
2019
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15:50
Europe/Amsterdam
The Department of Homeland Security and the US FDA have issued a Medical Advisory and Safety Communication respectively describing two types of cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting multiple Medtronic devices that utilize the Conexus telemetry …