Hacked DICOM Images Can Contain Malicious Executables

Fresh from the “oops” department, a security researcher has made news by demonstrating that the DICOM imaging file format in which both CT and MRI scans are stored can be hijacked to hide potentially dangerous executables. According to an article in Bleeping Computer, Markel Picado Ortiz of Cylera Labs took advantage of a vulnerability within […]
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