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Implanted Medical Devices can be Hacked: Ashish Malik

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Ashish Malik : iforensic.wordpress.com

M.TechInformation Security & Computer Forensics

Mail : ashishmalik10@gmail.com, ashishmalik10@yahoo.com

 

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The use of cyber space for criminal activities has brought the issue of cyber security in the spotlight.

There have been many cases of such activities where malwares like stuxnet, flame, slammer etc. have been used for industrial sabotage and espionage purposes.

Over the past few years, the focus of many researches has been towards various implantable medical devices. Although, no specific attack on such devices has come into view but researchers have been digging into the possibilities of various attacks against various implantable medical devices such as pacemakers, insulin pumps, blood-glucose monitor etc.