Network Architecture

Hospital Networks at Risk from URGENT/11 Vulnerabilities, FDA Warns

October 3, 2019 - Hospital networks and medical devices are at risk from URGENT/11 vulnerabilities that lurk in their IPnet network connection, warned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week. The vulnerabilities were discovered by security firm Armis, which warned that they reside in IPnet, VxWorks’ TCP/IP stack, and impact versions of the...


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