Embedded medical devices and firmware updates

Yesterday Cory Doctorow had a story in yesterday’s BoingBoing about medical device security, including firmware security. Excerpt:

“Like other medical devices that independent security researchers have looked at, Richards said the Hospira LifeCare pump did not validate the authenticity of firmware updates prior to installing them – a common problem in the medical device sector.”

Read the full story here:

Drug pump is “most insecure” devices ever seen by researcher