Comments on: McAfee hacker says medtronic insulin pumps vulnerable to attack http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Editor http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13402 Editor Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:39:57 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13402 Who is "their"? I'm posting an update on this story tonight. Who is “their”? I’m posting an update on this story tonight.

]]> By: Chrispium http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13398 Chrispium Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:29:05 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13398 @Cosmowrench Aye I know it's a fiction movie, however what I noticed right of the bat, looking at their Facebook page, was that the last status update was in october or thereabouts. It was that which made me make the assumption that it might be vaporware. I can't be absolutely sure ofcourse and I don't want to do extensive research on it :) @Cosmowrench

Aye I know it’s a fiction movie, however what I noticed right of the bat, looking at their Facebook page, was that the last status update was in october or thereabouts. It was that which made me make the assumption that it might be vaporware.

I can’t be absolutely sure ofcourse and I don’t want to do extensive research on it :)

]]> By: cosmowrench http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13378 cosmowrench Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:20:43 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13378 @Chrispium Its a trailer of a fiction movie! I just posted it because the movie adresses the issue of safety when it comes to implants. This insuline pump is in fact an implant. As i understand it, the control device communicates with the actual pump over a wireless connection. I can see this is in benefit of the users comfort, but it also means the connection can be hacked wich could lead to the death of the user. @Chrispium Its a trailer of a fiction movie! I just posted it because the movie adresses the issue of safety when it comes to implants. This insuline pump is in fact an implant. As i understand it, the control device communicates with the actual pump over a wireless connection. I can see this is in benefit of the users comfort, but it also means the connection can be hacked wich could lead to the death of the user.

]]> By: Chrispium http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13346 Chrispium Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:19:05 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13346 @Chrispium Comment was in regards to the link provided by Cosmowrench. @Chrispium

Comment was in regards to the link provided by Cosmowrench.

]]> By: Chrispium http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13344 Chrispium Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:58:27 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13344 Looks like vaporware to me. Looks like vaporware to me.

]]> By: Editor http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13342 Editor Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:35:48 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13342 It's not wireless. It's just not hardened (easy to detect and decode signals and easy to send overwrite signals to the device from a remote transmitter). It’s not wireless. It’s just not hardened (easy to detect and decode signals and easy to send overwrite signals to the device from a remote transmitter).

]]> By: cosmowrench http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13340 cosmowrench Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:13:33 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13340 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19o-sh9KWAk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19o-sh9KWAk

]]> By: John Doe http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13332 John Doe Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:43:21 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13332 Yeah, this stuff really doesn't need to be wireless, just like our power grid doesn't need to be online. Like cosmowrench says, you leave anything unsecure and people will mess with it just for the hell of it. God knows what a large scale, organised attack could do. Yeah, this stuff really doesn’t need to be wireless, just like our power grid doesn’t need to be online. Like cosmowrench says, you leave anything unsecure and people will mess with it just for the hell of it. God knows what a large scale, organised attack could do.

]]> By: cosmowrench http://www.kurzweilai.net/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1#comment-13326 cosmowrench Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:31:52 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=148327#comment-13326 Same with all future wireless implants: not safe. The more these will become mainstream, the greater the threath. If you see how easy a newspaper corp. can hack into mobile phones, that are supposed to be protected against hacking attacks, you get the picture. I've read an article about research to a device that would shield any wireless accessible implant...harder to hack doesnt do it when it comes to health. They clearly underestimate human ingenuity. Same with all future wireless implants: not safe. The more these will become mainstream, the greater the threath. If you see how easy a newspaper corp. can hack into mobile phones, that are supposed to be protected against hacking attacks, you get the picture. I’ve read an article about research to a device that would shield any wireless accessible implant…harder to hack doesnt do it when it comes to health. They clearly underestimate human ingenuity.

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