Update 2/4/25: A new report from Claroty states that they purchased the Contec CMS8000 device and, after analyzing its firmware, believe the behavior described by CISA and the FDA is actually an ...

Chinese-made medical devices pose an imminent threat, warn the FDA, CISA and the American Hospital Association. The federal government's cyber watchdog recently discovered a “backdoor” that can easily ...

On Jan. 30, The Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency (CISA) released an alert, complemented by a notification from the US FDA suggesting that the Contec CMS8000 patient monitor and OEM white ...

Last week, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released warnings about an embedded function they found in the firmware ...

A hidden backdoor function embedded in the firmware of the Contec CMS8000 patient monitor has been identified by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The vulnerability, ...

There are some interesting questions afoot, with the news that the Contec CMS8000 medical monitoring system has a backdoor. And this isn’t the normal debug port accidentally left in the firmware. The ...

Attackers can attack medical hardware from Contec. This can result in malicious code getting onto devices. There has been no security update to date. If attackers successfully exploit vulnerabilities ...

A popular medical monitor is the latest device produced in China to receive scrutiny for its potential cyber risks. However, it is not the only health device we should be concerned about. Experts say ...