Hospital robots are a soft touch for hackers

Stefan Mileschin · 14th April 2022, 06:25

Researchers find holes in personality

Researchers are finding vulnerabilities in autonomous hospital robots which enable hackers to take control of them.

Hospital robots are supposed to be your plastic pal who is fun to be with while you are having an unpleasant experience in hospital. They transport medications, bed linen, food, medications and laboratory specimens across a hospital campus.

They have space to transport critical goods and security access to enter restricted parts of the hospital and ride elevators, all while cutting labour costs.

Insecurity experts at Cynerio, a cybersecurity startup focused on securing hospital and healthcare systems, found five vulnerabilities in one breed of Aethon robots which they say allowed malicious hackers to remotely hijack and control them.

The five vulnerabilities, which Cynerio collectively call JekyllBot:5, aren't with the robots themselves but with the base servers that are used to communicate with and control the robots that traverse the hallways of the hospitals and hotels.

https://fudzilla.com/news/54690-hosp...ch-for-hackers

14th April 2022, 06:25	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 149,178	Hospital robots are a soft touch for hackers Researchers find holes in personality Researchers are finding vulnerabilities in autonomous hospital robots which enable hackers to take control of them. Hospital robots are supposed to be your plastic pal who is fun to be with while you are having an unpleasant experience in hospital. They transport medications, bed linen, food, medications and laboratory specimens across a hospital campus. They have space to transport critical goods and security access to enter restricted parts of the hospital and ride elevators, all while cutting labour costs. Insecurity experts at Cynerio, a cybersecurity startup focused on securing hospital and healthcare systems, found five vulnerabilities in one breed of Aethon robots which they say allowed malicious hackers to remotely hijack and control them. The five vulnerabilities, which Cynerio collectively call JekyllBot:5, aren't with the robots themselves but with the base servers that are used to communicate with and control the robots that traverse the hallways of the hospitals and hotels. https://fudzilla.com/news/54690-hosp...ch-for-hackers

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