Currency Cleaning On Demand (Not To Be Confused With Money Laundering)
via Karen Yeung, writing at the South China Morning Post, tells the tale of the PRC government's intentions to disinfect potentially pathogen-laden currency. A monumental problem, to say the least.
Medieval Diseases Find New Vector In United States: The Homeless
via Anna Gorman writing at The Atlantic (along with Kaiser Health News) are sounding the klaxxon horns in warning of an astonishing fact in the United States: The influx of infectious diseases in the homeless populations of several states. This my friends, is a true and deadly emergency.
And then, there's this...
Russia Flogging Zero-Day Exploits →
via Joseph Cox, writing at Motherboard (a Vice property), tells ths unfortunate tale of a Russian company selling zero-day exploit code, targeting hospital software... Today's MustRead. H/T
"Gleg offers several different packs of exploits for clients: Agora covers mainstream web software; the “SCADA+ Pack” is focused on “industrial software and hardware environment” issues, and, predictably, the MedPack includes vulnerabilities for medical software. A one year subscription for MedPack costs $4,000, and for that Gleg provides 25 exploits per year, most of which are zero-days, Gurkin wrote." - via Joseph Cox, writing at Motherboard (a Vice property)
Reconnaissance Worm →
Danny Palmer - of ZDNet - tells a tale of a new (and ostensibly - mysterious) worm, evidently targeting health care contraptions (reportedly X-Ray Photography Systems and MRI Scanners). There is some discussion attributing the attacks are performing reconnaissance...
Healthcare Systems - Ransomware Targets →
Superb accounting of the built-to-fail systems in healthcare, and the predeliction of those same systems towards victimization by ransomware attacks. Via Robert N. Charette writing at the IEEE's Spectrum Magazine.
NCCOE Heralds Release of NIST SP 1800-8 Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Center for Cybersecurity Excellence (NCCOE) has released it's latest draft medical device related security document, entitled 'NIST Special Publication 1800-8 Cybersecurity Special Publication 1800-8 Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps - In Healthcare Delivery Organizations'. Authored by Gavin O'Brien, Sallie Edwards, Kevin Littlefield, Neil McNab, Sue Wang and Kangmin Zheng - the document is available as either a PDF or web-based artifact. Enjoy.
"Medical devices, such as infusion pumps, were once standalone instruments that interacted only with the patient or medical provider. With technological improvements designed to enhance patient care, these devices now connect wirelessly to a variety of systems, networks, and other tools within a healthcare delivery organization (HDO) – ultimately contributing to the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)." - via the National Center for Cybersecurity Excellence (NCCOE)
Study, RF Signals Can Cause Cancers →
Rothman, Corraling the Curmudgeon
In the Information Security racket, and find yourself banging your head against the wall too often? Displaying angry, curmudgeon-like characteristics? You - my friend - are in luck, as Mike Rothman President of Securosis holds forth in this entertaining [yet interestingly true] video for many security professionals.