We describe a previously unreported buffer overflow vulnerability in popular genomics alignment software package BWA. We show how this exploit, combined with well-known attacks allows an attacker to access and modify patient data and manipulate genomic tests. This class of attacks constitutes a wider threat to global biomedical infrastructure and what a newly-formed team from Sandia National Labs and BioBright are doing about it.
View presentation slidesEpisode 69: Data Driven Discovery
"The data driven approach is really creating a new dynamic in the field, in favor of the small companies"
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