August 9, 2013 08:00 am GMT
Original Link: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517746/an-electric-therapy-for-medical-device-malware/
An Electric Therapy for Medical-Device Malware
Researchers show how to spot viruses on equipment like drug mixers and pregnancy monitors: by examining their power usage.
Hospital rooms beep and flash with many devices that are increasingly getting infected with malware (see Computer Viruses Are Rampant on Medical Devices in Hospitals). But for several reasons, these gadgets are often incompatible with commercial security software.
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