Pacemaker Wireless Power Off Exploit and Countermeasure
A recent study by Kevin Fu, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and director of the Medical Device Security Center, has uncovered a weakness in some pacemakers. It turns out that pacemakers communicate with a computer during initial configuration. This wireless communication channel is not encrypted and provides test functions that can turn off the device! The research team has developed a countermeasure which allows