Healthcare software and firmware risks up 59%, says H-ISAC

The 2023 State of Cybersecurity for Medical Devices and Healthcare Systems report, a collaboration of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center with Securin and Finite State, examined the critical and high-rated vulnerabilities that put the underpinning software and firmware of connected medical devices and healthcare applications at greater risk than they have ever been before. 

Researchers found that healthcare IT vulnerabilities increased from 624 in 2022 to 993 this year. Of these vulnerabilities, 160 are now weaponized compared …