From Backdoors to Bans: What the EU RED Regulation Means for IoT & Medical Device Security
July 10, 2025
In early 2025, security researchers uncovered a critical vulnerability in the Contec CMS8000 patient monitor system – an affordable, widely deployed device in hospitals and clinics worldwide. The device was found to include a hard-coded administrative backdoor accessible via a static IP and embedded Wi-Fi AP. This kind of vulnerability is alarming enough on its own, but its regulatory consequences
