Healthcare and life sciences facilities have seen an increase in cyberattacks with the growth of connected IoT medical devices. To help prevent unauthorised access of medical devices, Asimily and Extreme Networks team up to help healthcare institutions prevent unauthorised access of IoT-based medical devices. Asimily is a provider of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) risk … Read more
The growing number and diversity of connected devices in every industry present new challenges for organisations to understand and manage the risks they are exposed to. Most organisations now host a combination of interconnected IT, OT and IoT devices in their networks that has increased their attack surface. A Ponemon Institute study noted that 65% … Read more
“Healthcare providers continue to be high-value targets for attackers. This reality, combined with the diversity of medical IoT devices and their inherent vulnerabilities, points to a real need for device security that is purpose-built for healthcare use cases,” said Ed Lee, research director, IoT and Intelligent Edge Security, IDC. Ed Lee “The ability to defend … Read more
Palo Alto Networks on Dec. 26 released a patch for a denial-of-service (DoS) flaw in the DNS security feature of the company’s PAN-OS firewall software. The high-severity 8.7 bug — CVE-2024-3393 — lets an unauthenticated attacker send a malicious packet through the data plane of the firewall that actually reboots the device. Palo Alto said … Read more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Dec. 5 responded to recent reports that the Chinese group Salt Typhoon infiltrated at least eight U.S. telecom companies by proposing that carriers create, update and implement cybersecurity risk management plans annually to the FCC, or face stiff penalties. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said the agency had this authority … Read more
