Malware, Cybercrime and Vulnerabilities for Diabetic Patients

IoT are not always gadgets: medical IoT are extremely useful to many patients. In this talk, we detail how a connected glucose sensor for diabetic patients work, and what (cyber) threats diabetic patients face. You’ll be surprised.

Patients with diabetes need to check their blood glucose regularly, several times per day. To assist them in this tedious routine, there are now connected glucose sensors. They attach the sensor on their arm and leave it there for a dozen of days. During that period, they can check their glucose level any time, by just scanning the sensor with a smartphone. This really improves quality of life as they no longer need to prick their finger, get a drop of blood and measure blood glucose many times per day.

However, this exposes diabetic patients to a whole new range of threats. This talk covers the following aspects:

• How do connected sensors work and how secure are they?
• What about smartphone’s security? Are there specific risks which may affect diabetic patients?
• Are cybercriminals interested in diabetes, and what items or data, related to diabetes, do we find on the Darknet?