Dull Instruments: Why Hospitals Keep Getting Hacked

In-brief: An interview with Kevin Fu highlights why hospitals are prime targets for cybercriminals, pointing to insecure connected medical devices, emergent vulnerabilities from combining disparate systems, limited security budgets and staff (especially at smaller hospitals), and common exploit paths such as exposed ports, social engineering and ransomware; Fu urges integrating security into procurement and investing more resources to protect healthcare organizations.