LAS VEGAS – In recent years there has been more attention paid to the security of medical devices; however, there has been little security research done on the unique protocols used by these devices. Many of the insulin pumps, heart monitors and other gadgets found in hospital rooms use aging protocol to communicate with nurses’...

In a keynote at the Internet of Things Forum Dr. Kevin Fu said that medical devices should be subjected to rigor so patients can make clinically relevant decisions.

A breach at Massachusetts General Hospital has potentially compromised the information of roughly 4,300 dental patients, the hospital warned Wednesday. MGH was quick to point out that the data leaked wasn’t stored or maintained on its systems but those of a third-party vendor that assists the hospital in managing dental patients at several practices, including...

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the week in news, including how the FBI cracked that iPhone, the barrage of ransomware hitting hospitals, and the Hack the Pentagon bug bounty trial program announcement. Download: Threatpost_News_Wrap_-_April_1_2016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves