Unplug Now: The Unhealthy Truth About Contec CMS8000 Monitors!
CISA advises healthcare organizations to ditch Contec CMS8000 patient monitors due to serious vulnerabilities. The risky devices, equipped with a firmware backdoor, could allow attackers to tamper with settings and harvest sensitive data. The FDA warns there’s no patch, so it’s time to say goodbye to these monitors and safeguard patient safety.
Hot Take:
It seems like Contec CMS8000 patient monitors are less about monitoring and more about providing a backdoor pass for cyber intruders. Who knew your heart rate could be shared with a university instead of your doctor? Better unplug those devices before they start sending your vital signs to a hacker’s mixtape playlist!
Key Points:
- CISA and the FDA urge the removal of Contec CMS8000 monitors due to security vulnerabilities.
- Backdoor in firmware allows remote code execution and device tampering.
- Three CVEs identified, with CVE-2024-12248 having a CVSS score of 9.3.
- Monitors can leak patient info to a hard-coded IP address.
- No software patches available, but no known incidents reported so far.
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