Biohacking capabilities and threat/attack vectors

Abstract

The Internet of Things is a cutting-edge technology that organisations are adopting them in order to increase their business productivity and speed the operations. It has been involved for homes, companies, industries and now it is present in healthcare. However, due to lack of standardisation and accelerated competition, providers are deploying devices focused on innovation without having the proper balance between security, performance and ease of use. This is leading to new attacking vectors easing attackers to penetrate systems with confidence and without the need to be an expert in hacking thanks to the variety of open source tools available on the Internet e.g. Kali Linux, Github. The increased number of cyber attacks through IoT devices has complicated the performance of forensic investigators, reaching to Chains of Custody (CoC) easy to challenge by defenders and the rejection of investigation cases. Healthcare organisations has become the most attractive targets for cyber crime due to the variety and value of information allocated on Electronic Health Records (EHR). This chapter aim to highlight the Biohacking capabilities and presents a Digital Forensic Investigation Process Model (DFIPM) addressing IoMT devices and assuring data privacy during the process.