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09/27/2017 / By JD Heyes

Healthcare industry next to be targeted by massive cyberattacks via the “Internet of Things”

As more and more medical devices become connected to the so-called “Internet of Things,” hospitals and patients are being put more at risk of cyber attack by hackers, say experts at a recent cybersecurity forum discussing the rising threat. “Medical care is the next cyber warfare,” said technologist Janine Medina during a panel discussion last […]

09/21/2017 / By JD Heyes

Security flaw: “Smart” drug syringes found to be hackable

As if the safety and efficacy of some vaccines weren’t already in question, now technology is making syringes less safe as well. “Smart” syringes, anyway. As reported by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, smart syringes, which are wireless-controlled devices used to administer medications through IVs, are now subject to hacking and, thus, have become a danger […]

09/12/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Doctors about to be replaced by hospital AI systems offering better diagnosis and less arrogance

Framingham, Massachusetts-based market intelligence provider IDC Health Insights, in its recently published report on artificial intelligence and cognitive computing adoption in the Asia/Pacific titled IDC Peerscape: Cognitive/AI Practices for Healthcare in Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan), stated the best possible healthcare solutions that hospitals and health insurance companies all around the Asia-Pacific countries should adopt. “Hospitals will […]

05/05/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Hackers can use ransomware to hijack hospital equipment and harm or kill patients

(Cyberwar.news) An anonymous member of Kaspersky Lab’s research team has disclosed how easy it is for cyber-criminals to alter the way medical devices work, putting the lives of patients at risk, and potentially costing hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars. Computer hackers have deployed a malicious piece of malware known as ransomware against hospitals in both the […]

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