Highlights from CYBR.HAK.CON. 2026
Among the topics: Cognitive warfare and medical device mayhem.
Medical Device Security
CYBR.HAK.CON. 2026: The Ghosts Still Haunt the Machine - Lessons From The Therac-25 Affair
Sean Satterlee’s CYBR.HAK.CON. presentation used the deadly Therac-25 radiation overdoses to expose how modern connected medical devices still repeat many of the same dangerous cybersecurity and safety failures.
Medical Device Cybersecurity in 2026: More Investment, More Attacks, More Harm
New survey results show that medical device procurement standards are tightening and budgets are growing, yet organizations are not keeping pace with threat actors as their attacks become more frequent. And the security gap between legacy and newly deployed devices isn’t closing.