Top 5 mobile medical device security risks (according to the DHS)

1. Insider: The most common ways employees steal data involved network transfer, be that email, remote access, or file transfer
2. Malware: These include keystroke loggers and Trojans, tailored to harvest easily accessible data once inside the network
3. Spearphishing: This highly-customized technique involves an email-based attack carrying malicious attack disguised as coming from a legitimate source, and seeking specific information
4. Web: DHS lists silent redirection, obfuscated JavaScript and search engine optimization poisoning among ways to penetrate a network then, ultimately, access an organization’s data
5. Lost equipment: A significant problem because it happens so frequently, even a smartphone in the wrong hands can be a gateway into a health entity’s network and records

Source: National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center
Source URL: http://info.publicintelligence.net/NCCIC-MedicalDevices.pdf

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