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Clinic labs vulnerable via IT weaknesses

The CISA KEV database tracks vulnerabilities exploited in publicly known attacks. In our research, we found that 63% of KEVs tracked by CISA are found in healthcare networks, and 23% of medical devices (imaging systems, clinical IoT devices, surgical devices) have at least one KEV. A recent report shows that older medical devices running on unsupported and/or unmanaged operating systems are widespread in hospital networks. These systems are considered legacy by their respective vendors and no longer receive security or feature updates. Below are some data points on legacy systems from our research. https://claroty.com/resources/reports/state-of-cps-security-report-healthcare-2023 Lab Cyberdefense

BPI: Personalized vaccination against herpes zoster possible

Personalized vaccinations are intended to protect specific population groups from serious diseases. To achieve this, pharmaceutical companies develop special vaccines, modified vaccine doses, and specific vaccination routes in vaccine research. One example is the vaccine against shingles (herpes zoster). This was specifically developed to protect older people. An example of a vaccine specifically developed for older people is the inactivated vaccine against herpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles. The contagious disease, like chickenpox, is caused by varicella-zoster viruses. If you had chickenpox at a younger age, these viruses nest in the nerve cells in the body. About 99.5 percent of people over 50 carry the virus in their nervous system. If the immune system weakens – for example, in older people – these viruses can become active again and cause a painful rash, shingles. The stabbing and burning nerve pain can persist for a long time after the rash subsides. The inactivated vaccine against herpes zoster contains… 

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