Is That Really My X-Ray? Measuring Internet-Exposed DICOM Services in the Presence of Deception
Academic study quantifies real-world exposure of medical imaging servers while accounting for honeypot-induced measurement bias — relevant for healthcare providers assessing their DICOM attack surface.
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arXiv:2607.15839v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: DICOM is the dominant protocol for exchanging medical images, yet many Internet-facing deployments lack basic security controls, exposing sensitive patient data to unauthorized access. Accurately measuring this exposure is complicated by honeypots, network telescopes, and other measurement artifacts that inflate published estimates. This paper presents a noise-aware study of Internet-facing DICOM services, combining active IPv4-wide scanning with
Editorial Analysis
Healthcare organisations across Europe face NIS2 obligations; understanding how many DICOM endpoints are genuinely exposed versus deceptive helps CISOs prioritise remediation.
Conduct an asset inventory of any Internet-facing DICOM services and validate they are not inadvertently exposed.
Forward-looking interpretation drafted by editorial AI under human review — not a reproduction of the source. See methodology.
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