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Can a remote software attack send a power wheelchair tumbling down a staircase? Sadly: the answer is “yes.” Check out our latest podcast interview with Billy Rios and Brandon Rothel of QED Secure Solutions. Billy and Brandon discuss their research into security flaws in power wheelchairs by the Japanese firm WHILL. The post When Cybersecurity Breaks Mobility: The Hidden Risks of Software-Powered W...

In this episode of the podcast (#238) we speak with Daniel Brodie, the CTO at the firm Cynerio. about his firm’s discovery of a string of critical security flaws in an autonomous medical robot, TUG, that is already deployed in hundreds of clinical settings and the growing issue of medical device insecurity and cyber risks to healthcare providers. The post Episode 238: Robots Are The Next Frontier...

In this episode of the podcast (#235) Justine Bone, the CEO of Medsec, joins Paul to talk about cyber threats to healthcare organizations in the age of COVID. Justine’s firm works with hospitals and healthcare organizations to understand their cyber risk and defend against attacks, including ransomware. The post Episode 235: Justine Bone of MedSec on Healthcare Insecurity appeared first on The Sec...

In this episode of the podcast (#184) Kyle Wiens of iFixit joins us to talk about Project BioMed: an international, crowd-sourced effort to expedite repair of medical devices by making service and repair manuals available online. In our second segment, we speak with Jonathan Krones, one of an army of volunteer engineers, archivists and librarians who took on the task of cataloguing medical device...

In this episode of the podcast (#182) Trammell Hudson of Lower Layer Labs talks to us about Project Airbreak, his recent work to jailbreak a CPAP machines and how an NSA hacking tool helped make this inexpensive equipment usable as a makeshift respirator.