St. Jude Medical Discovers New Cardiac Device Flaws, Issues Patch Update
St. Jude Medical has promised a patch to protect the Merlin@home Transmitter range from cyberattacks, only a month after patching a variety of security flaws in similar devices.
The medical device equipment manufacturer issued an update to an ICS-CERT security advisory this week warning of the impending update.
According to the notice, a third-party security research firm warned St. Jude that the Merlin@home transmitter radio-frequency (RF) and "inductive" models are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks which allow attackers to remotely compromise the device and eavesdrop on communication between the transmitter and devices connected to it.
The medical device equipment manufacturer issued an update to an ICS-CERT security advisory this week warning of the impending update.
According to the notice, a third-party security research firm warned St. Jude that the Merlin@home transmitter radio-frequency (RF) and "inductive" models are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks which allow attackers to remotely compromise the device and eavesdrop on communication between the transmitter and devices connected to it.