The personal health and financial information stored in thousands of North American home computers may be vulnerable to theft through file-sharing software. Microsoft has connected the most prevalent malware families involved in supply chain compromises, including malicious add-ons pre-installed on PCs by manufacturers, as well as pirated software available on peer-to-peer networks, and music and movie downloads. Four security vulnerabilities in an open-source medical records management platform allow remote code execution, patient data theft and more. Read the full article.
Source: https://threatpost.com/p2p-networks-can-nab-private-medical-info-030210/73612/