Assessing medical device vulnerabilities on the Internet of Things

Emma McMahon; Ryan Williams; Malaka El; Sagar Samtani; Mark Patton; Hsinchun Chen

doi:10.1109/ISI.2017.8004903

Assessing medical device vulnerabilities on the Internet of Things

Emma McMahon, Ryan Williams, Malaka El, Sagar Samtani, Mark Patton, Hsinchun Chen

Management Information Systems

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12 Scopus citations

Abstract

Internet enabled medical devices offer patients with a level of convenience. In recent years, the healthcare industry has seen a surge in the number of cyber-Attacks. Given the potentially fatal impact of a compromised medical device, this study aims to identify vulnerabilities of medical devices. Our approach uses Shodan to obtain a large collection of IP addresses that will be passed through Nessus to verify if any vulnerabilities exist. We determined some devices manufactured by primary vendors such as Omron Corporation, FORA, Roche, and Bionet contain serious vulnerabilities such as Dropbear SSH Server and MS17-010. These allow remote execution of code and authentication bypassing potentially giving attackers control of their systems.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics
Subtitle of host publication	Security and Big Data, ISI 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	176-178
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509067275
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2017.8004903
State	Published - Aug 8 2017
Event	15th IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2017 - Beijing, China Duration: Jul 22 2017 → Jul 24 2017

Other

Other	15th IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2017
Country	China
City	Beijing
Period	7/22/17 → 7/24/17

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Keywords

health
IoT
medical devices
Nessus
Shodan
vulnerability assessment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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McMahon, E., Williams, R., El, M., Samtani, S., Patton, M., & Chen, H. (2017). Assessing medical device vulnerabilities on the Internet of Things. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Security and Big Data, ISI 2017 (pp. 176-178). [8004903] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2017.8004903

Assessing medical device vulnerabilities on the Internet of Things. / McMahon, Emma; Williams, Ryan; El, Malaka; Samtani, Sagar; Patton, Mark; Chen, Hsinchun.

2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Security and Big Data, ISI 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 176-178 8004903.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

McMahon, E, Williams, R, El, M, Samtani, S, Patton, M & Chen, H 2017, Assessing medical device vulnerabilities on the Internet of Things. in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Security and Big Data, ISI 2017., 8004903, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 176-178, 15th IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2017, Beijing, China, 7/22/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2017.8004903

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