Specifics of Communication Organization and Attacks on Medical Cyber-physical Devices

The computerization of medicine opens up wide opportunities not only for providing assistance, but also for intruders. The violation of digital control of medical devices can lead not only to data leakage, but also to a threat to human health and life. The diversity and specificity of medical cyber-physical devices makes it difficult to protect them and consider the threat landscape. The purpose of this work is to systematize attacks on medical systems. The authors highlight the features of medical cyber-physical systems (MCPS), consider a set of typical attacks. The authors have identified both common attacks for various CPS, and specialized attacks aimed at medical devices and systems. The paper analyzes the existing systematization as well. The authors present a developed new systematization of attacks on a wide range of features, which is distinguished by the completeness and highlighting of all important attack aspects from the point of view of the medical field.