{"id":36313,"date":"2020-07-27T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/are-newer-medical-iot-devices-less-secure-than-old-ones\/"},"modified":"2020-07-27T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:12:00","slug":"are-newer-medical-iot-devices-less-secure-than-old-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/are-newer-medical-iot-devices-less-secure-than-old-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Are newer medical IoT devices less secure than old ones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techhive.com\/images\/article\/2016\/08\/iot_security-100675572-large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Experts differ on whether older connected medical devices or newer ones are more to blame for making healthcare networks more vulnerable to cyberattack.<\/p>\n<p>The classic narrative of insecure<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3207535\/what-is-iot-the-internet-of-things-explained.html\"> IoT<\/a> centers on the integration of older devices into the network. In some industries, those devices pre-date the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3410588\/evolution-of-the-internet-celebrating-50-years-since-arpanet.html\">internet<\/a>, sometimes by a considerable length of time, so it\u2019s hardly surprising that businesses face a lot of challenges in securing them against remote compromise.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"fakesidebar\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/newsletters\/signup.html\">[Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.]<\/a><\/aside>\n<p>Even if those devices aren\u2019t quite that old, they often lack key capabilities \u2013 in particular, remote software updates and configurable password protection \u2013 that would help IT staff defend them against modern threats.<\/p>\n<p>That might not be strictly true in regards to the medical field, according to Richard Staynings, chief security strategist for medical IoT security startup Cylera. There has, he argues, been an explosion in the number and variety of medical IoT devices in recent years, and many of those gadgets are at least as insecure as the true legacy equipment in the field.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, said Staynings, the older devices might actually be considerably more secure than those of more recent vintage. In particular, those based on dated technology like older versions of electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe older systems were written in EEPROM \u2013 you need an EEPROM reader to mess with them,\u201d he said. \u201cThe codebase is not on the Internet for hackers to look at, and you need physical access to the EEPROM to rewrite it.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"nativo-promo nativo-promo-1 smartphone\" id> <\/aside>\n<p>In contrast, the newer devices frequently use software and hardware components that are much more familiar to potential attackers. \u201cThey\u2019re more ubiquitous in their design and construction \u2013 they use [consumer off-the-shelf] operating systems, like Windows embedded, which is still being used believe it or not, and they are much more vulnerable to attack than a legacy system,\u201d Staynings said.<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity in the current generation of medical IoT hardware also carries the potential for ongoing problems, not just immediate ones. While IT assets get replaced rapidly, IoT devices often have much longer replacement cycles. \u201cMedical devices have the half-life of plutonium,\u201d said Staynings. \u201cThey just don\u2019t go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"nativo-promo nativo-promo-1 tablet desktop\" id> <\/aside>\n<p>Other experts are less sold on Staynings\u2019 characterization of the threat to medical IoT, arguing that the idea that newer devices pose a greater threat than older ones flies in the face of recent efforts to make them safer. Keith Mularski directs an advisory cybersecurity practice at Ernst and Young, and described Staynings\u2019 assertion as \u201csurprising,\u201d noting that the regulatory landscape for connected medical devices is quickly moving standards in a positive direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FDA has some pretty stringent guidelines that before devices can go to market, you need to put together threat modeling, so looking at security architecture, vectors, and so on ,and then in addition to that the FDA is getting ready to require third-party pen testing in premarket submissions,\u201d said Mularski. \u201cWith legacy devices, those premarket submissions aren\u2019t nearly as complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mularski does concede that some particularly vulnerable old devices are often more isolated on the network by design, in part because they\u2019re more recognizable as vulnerable assets. Windows 95-vintage x-ray machines, for example, are easy to spot as a potential target for a bad actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the most part, I think most of the hospital environments, they do a good job at recognizing that they have these old deices, and the ones that are more vulnerable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"nativo-promo nativo-promo-2 tablet desktop smartphone\" id> <\/aside>\n<p>This underlines a topic most experts on \u2013 simple awareness of the potential security flaws on a given network are central to securing healthcare networks. Greg Murphy is the CEO of Ordr, a network visibility and security startup based in Santa Clara. He said that both Mularski and Staynings have points in their favor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who minimizes the issue of legacy devices needs to walk a mile in the shoes of the biomedical engineering department at a hospital,\u201d he said. \u201c[But] on the flipside, new devices that are being connected to the network have huge vulnerabilities themselves. Many manufacturers themselves don\u2019t know what vulnerabilities their devices have.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large\"> <\/figure>\n<p>The only real way to address the issues, said Murphy, is at the network level \u2013 trying to make everything secure at the device level might be a near-impossibility in many cases, and even getting an accurate picture of every device connected to a network often requires the use of an automated solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a problem of human scale anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Both Mularski and Staynings concurred on this point, as well. Regardless of which devices on a particular network are the most vulnerable, it\u2019s worth remembering that cybercriminals generally aren\u2019t particular about what they compromise, as long as they\u2019re able to gain access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere may be an attacker that comes across these devices, runs a scan and happens to see [a vulnerability], but we really haven\u2019t seen specific targeting of medical devices,\u201d said Mularski. \u201cIt\u2019s important to make sure that companies that have medical devices are enumerating their network, tracking their devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"end-note\"> <!-- blx4 #2005 blox4.html --> <\/p>\n<div id class=\"blx blxParticleendnote blxM2005 blox4_html blxC23909\">Join the Network World communities on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NetworkWorld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/network-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a> to comment on topics that are top of mind. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3568608\/are-newer-medical-iot-devices-less-secure-than-old-ones.html#tk.rss_security\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nExperts differ on whether older connected medical devices or newer ones are more to blame for making healthcare networks more vulnerable to cyberattack.The classic narrative of insecure IoT centers on the integration of older devices into the network. 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