conficker!!! AAAHHHHH
The conficker has been found in medical devices in need of updates. From the San Jose Mercury News via PP-G:
“A few weeks ago, we discovered medical devices, MRI machines, infected with Conficker,” said Marcus Sachs, director of the Internet Storm Center, an early-warning system for Internet threats that is operated by the SANS Institute.
Around March 24, researchers monitoring the worm noticed that an imaging machine used to review high-resolution images was reaching out over the Internet to get instructions — presumably from the programmers who created Conficker.
The researchers dug deeper and discovered that more than 300 similar devices at hospitals around the world had been compromised. The devices’ manufacturer told them none of the machines was supposed to be connected to the Internet — and yet they were. And because the machines were running an unpatched version of Microsoft’s operating system used in embedded devices they were vulnerable.
Normally, the solution would be simply to install a patch, which Microsoft released in October. But the device manufacturer said U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules required that a 90-day notice be given before the machines could be patched.
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Conficker worm hits hospital devices San Jose Mercury News via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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