MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hacking'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:13:00 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130752&cid=t_173941_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-this-diabetic-isnt-concerned-about-her-insulin-pump-being-hacked%2F2011.08.14 Jay Radcliffe is a fellow type 1 diabetic, and I remember reading his diabetes blog way back in the day, when I first started blogging.  We read and commented on each other’s posts, and we were both part of the blogosphere when the DOC first started to grow.  I knew he was married, had children, and did the day-to-day diabetes stuff that I did. Which is why when I read the mainstream media’s take on his pump-hacking research (this article, Insulin Pumps Vulnerable to Hacking, for example), I reached out to him immediately.  “Can I just tell you that my mother sent me this article about your research?  Do you have time to talk?” Jay was out in Las Vegas this morning, attending the Black Hat security conference, but he and I had a chance to hash it out over the ph... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130752 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:00:57 +0100 5130752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5078037&cid=t_173941_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FzlP6m6NMZek%2F Last week, the Pfizer Facebook page was hacked by ScriptKiddies, setting off a flurry of chatter about not just hacking, but the extent to which this episode would affect the way drugmakers view the virtues of Facebook and, beyond that, social media (back story). This happened just as Facebook changes it rules so that drugmakers will no longer be allowed to disable comments, prompting some to consider walking away from Facebook (see this and this). We spoke with Rich Meyer, a former Eli Lilly marketer who worked on the Prozac and Cialis brand teams, and now runs Online Strategic Solutions and the World of DTC Marketing blog, for his thoughts on the implications… Pharmalot: How bad was the hacking incident? Meyer: For consumers and patients, I don’t think it was that bad. They know ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5078037 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:23:23 +0100 5078037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057704&cid=t_173941_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F008193.html What's important here is the meta. A number of drugs can help lower dangerously high cholesterol, but as many as half a million people worldwide are resistant to existing therapies. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leader in the development of therapies using RNA, aims to begin human tests of a treatment that could make a drastic dent in drug-resistant high cholesterol. Another drug for lowering cholesterol is not so important in the long run. What is at stake: If an RNA drug can work then that opens the door to a huge number of highly effective drugs that can do things that conventional chemical compound drugs can never do. An RNA drug delivers more information and can alter the cell's execution of... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057704 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5057704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642654&cid=t_173941_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fa-fix-of-five-fresh-science-stories-2.html Incognito – If the conscious mind – the part you consider you – is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries.  (9781847679383): David Eagleman Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life – The most revolutionary discoveries in science and technology often emerge from out-of-the-way places, forged by brilliant outsiders with few resources besides boundless energy and great ideas. That describes the "biohacking" movement now in its early, heady days. In the next few years, companies will start selling libraries of genetic LEGOs that amateur scientists will use to build ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642654 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:00:04 +0100 4642654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605830&cid=t_173941_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-record-hacking-can-hipaa-solve-the-problem%2F2011.03.17 HealthNet either lost, or had stolen from it, computer hard drives with PHI of 1.9 million subscribers that had been in a California facility.  This latest HealthNet data security breach, which may have included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, health information and financial information comes a little over a year after a widely-reported data security breach by HealthNet in Connecticut which resulted in the first state Attorney General action under the HIPAA amendments contained in the HITECH Act. HealthNet is notifying affected individuals and is offering two years of no-cost credit monitoring and fraud resolution services, and credit restoration and identify theft insurance as needed. It’s both surprising and unsurprising that this has happened again to HealthNet.  In ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4605830 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:00:03 +0100 4605830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526949&cid=t_173941_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F2szb9pqrBhA%2F One of the more interesting exercises conducted by drugmakers involves monitoring what is written about their products on the Internet. This is no easy task, given the enormous volume of verbiage. To cope, assorted experts are retained, but the actual inner workings of such efforts rarely come to light. AstraZeneca, however, is encountering an embarassing moment. The drugmaker appears to have hired vFluence Interactive, which uses proprietary data mining tools and analytics to keep tabs on “relevant and influential content.” Late last week, vFluence posted an item claiming its site was hacked by an unnamed blogger (see this), which came in apparent response to a post on ‘Is Something Not Quite Right With Stan - A Mental Health Blog.’ This particular site (see here) ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526949 Mon, 03 May 2010 12:18:21 +0100 3526949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327012&cid=t_173941_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fhacking-your-online-identity.html Geo-location services are very useful, helping you find a post office, ATM, decent restaurant, or hooking up with friends. They are commonly used in conjunction with smart phones and other mobile devices that ping your location (based on network coordinates or the global positioning system, GPS) back to the owner of a given system. Location-based services also represent a security threat, especially if you hook whereabouts up to the likes of FourSquare and other social networking sites that can be set to reveal publicly your status in a timely way and reveal your precise position to all and sundry. Now, a new security awareness site, going by the ironically informative name of Please Rob Me, demonstrates the hazards inherent in location-based services. The site’s strapline proclaims ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327012 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:57 +0100 3327012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2662539&cid=t_173941_109_f&fid=34795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoloshrink.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Frfid-in-credit-cards.html I believe that we are hearing and seeing enough about hacking and information theft from so many sources that I cannot succeed in conveying anything useful unless I limit my posts to small bits of the whole that are most likely to have an effect on the average person. Today that topic will be the addition of the "convenience" of having a RFID microchip embedded in their credit card. When one of my credit card companies sent me a shiny new card out of sequence (that is, my old one was two years away from expiring) I did what I usually do in such situations. I became suspicious. Why did they do this? I doubted that it was for my benefit or totally in my best interest. OK, what was different? There was a new word printed on the back and the note that I could now just wave my card near a stor... Solo Shrink blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2662539 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:30:00 +0100 2662539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389916&cid=t_173941_109_f&fid=34795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoloshrink.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fanother-electronic-medical-record.html I have harped on the topics of the potentially disastrous consequences of data loss or theft from medical health database repositories for some time now. I have personally been the victim of such a data loss by the Veteran's Health Administration, which lost all my provider information, financial account and license numbers, social security and business banking numbers, addresses, and all the other personal information to make identity theft a breeze. Nothing awful happened as a result of this loss. I was given a year's free three bureau credit monitoring subscription by the VHA. It is my personal belief that one of their less experienced employees or interns had simply carried the information for a service provider demographic study offsite on a thumb drive to work on it at home and lost... Solo Shrink blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389916 Thu, 07 May 2009 05:37:00 +0100 2389916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1905849&cid=t_173941_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F24%2Fwoman-jailed-after-killing-virtual-husband%2F What a stranger and stranger world we live in. The Associated Press brings us the story of a 43-year-old Japanese woman who, angry and upset by a sudden virtual “divorce” by her online husband, “killed” his online character in an online game. She, of course, was not jailed for killing the online persona, but for accessing the other person’s account without their authorization. The story says she was arrested on suspicion of hacking, but then notes that the woman “used login information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married.” Hardly hacking there, just unauthorized use. The woman was understandably upset by the unexpected online divorce of her fictional character: “I was suddenly divorced, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1905849 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:43:22 +0100 1905849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883334&cid=t_173941_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerweekly.com%2FArticles%2F2008%2F10%2F13%2F232645%2Fhacker-gary-mckinnon-to-be-extradited-to-us-within-days.htm Should McKinnon's recent diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome be a consideration in his extradition proceedings? (Source: 29 Marbles) 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883334 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:08:29 +0100 1883334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1809831&cid=t_173941_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FRKl78YBclGo%2F Charlie and I caught the PATH train in Jersey City and got off at 23rd Street in Manhattan. We usually take it all the way to the end at 33rd Street where we catch a subway up to where Jim’s office is near Lincoln Center and get some dinner together but Friday night was different. Philosopher Ian Hacking, Professor Emeritus of the College de France, was giving a lecture on How We Have Been Learning to Talk About Autism as a keynote lecture for a conference, Cognitive Disability: A Challenge to Moral Philosophy. The conference’s stated aim was to explore philosophical questions about three specific populations — people with autism, Alzheimer’s disease, and those labeled “mentally retarded” with those questions specifically being: Personhood: Should individua... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1809831 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:53:25 +0100 1809831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1743103&cid=t_173941_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Faspergers-as-a-legal-defense%2F There is an ongoing court case in which a British teenager recently diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome hacked into United States Military Computers and allegedly disabled several national security measures.  In his fight for extradition it seems as though the fact he has Aspergers Syndrome was used as an attempt to lessen his consequences. My question is [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1743103 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:32:47 +0100 1743103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1563949&cid=t_173941_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fmetamorphosis.php In discussions of nature vs. nurture a common assumption is that if it is in the genes then we can't fix it. Or we can only change it by eugenics or bioengineering babies. I wish to suggest a different approach.The following links provide background:Bioengineered Stem Cells Rejuvenate Muscles In MiceStem Cell Review Series: Aging of the skeletal muscle stem cell niche Stem Cell Review Series: Regulating highly potent stem cells in aging: environmental influences on plasticityAutism-spectrum disorder reversed in miceEssentially all tissues turn-over with time. Some tissues such as the gut lining are replaced every three days, other tissues such as bone and fat are replaced over decades. (Proven by tracking green florescent cell markers over time.) In the adult brain, neurons are seldom rep... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1563949 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:02:00 +0100 1563949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332600&cid=t_173941_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fwordpress-233-exploits-what-to-do%2F My upcoming graduation and recent site suspension have kept me out-of-loop from the latests in blogosphere. It was only now that I learned about the latest huge hacking exploits on WordPress 2.3.3. The script (a Trojan horse) has infected over 6 thousand WordPress 2.3.3 bloggers (as of today). It creates a directory in your wp-contents folder named “1″ and creates a directory of list of “search engine-friendly” gambling, porn, and other illegal sites. Currently, solutions are yet to be formulated. To know if you have been infected with this malware, you can check your wp-content and look if there is a directory named “1″. You can do it through FTP or through your file manager or simply check your website at http://yourdomain.com/wp-content/1/. If you are... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1332600 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:15:54 +0100 1332600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1304936&cid=t_173941_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fhacking-icd-ham-radio-opinion.html Roy Poses wrote at "Hacking an ICD" that:An ICD is a device whose correct operation is critical for the health and safety of patients in whom it is implanted. One would think that the managers responsible for the design of such devices would have pushed to make sure that the operation of such devices could not be hacked or accidentally altered in ways that could put patients' health and lives at risk.Indeed.It is probably not well known that in addition to being a Medical Informaticist, I am also a ham radio enthusiast, licensed at the Extra class. I know more about electronics than most physicians - and most IT people in hospitals to boot, although that often didn't matter in the dysfunctional world of hospitals and health IT.As a medical informaticist and ham radio operator, I am concern... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1304936 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:28:00 +0100 1304936