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A proposed class action accuses University Hospitals of negligence after an October 22 cyberattack that took its MyChart portal offline; the Cleveland patient's suit, filed October 28, claims more than a million records were exposed, a number University Hospitals has not confirmed. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center disclosed a cyberattack October 26 that diverted ambulances for about two hours; the BYOD extortion group claims it compromised 36,000 systems, a figure UNM has not confirmed. Philips updated its Node2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-111497, the Node.js Brotli decoder flaw it first flagged October 26 against PIC iX 4.x; the advisory still names no impacted products or fixed version. Philips updated its PHP2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, adding five more affected products including IntelliSpace Portal V12 and Philips Axon to the seven already listed. NorthShore Health Centers disclosed a data breach to patients October 27, one of several Midwest provider notifications issued that week. Denver Health Medical Plan notified more than 238,000 members October 26 about a vendor-related data incident. A proposed class action accuses University Hospitals of negligence after an October 22 cyberattack that took its MyChart portal offline; the Cleveland patient's suit, filed October 28, claims more than a million records were exposed, a number University Hospitals has not confirmed. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center disclosed a cyberattack October 26 that diverted ambulances for about two hours; the BYOD extortion group claims it compromised 36,000 systems, a figure UNM has not confirmed. Philips updated its Node2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-111497, the Node.js Brotli decoder flaw it first flagged October 26 against PIC iX 4.x; the advisory still names no impacted products or fixed version. Philips updated its PHP2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, adding five more affected products including IntelliSpace Portal V12 and Philips Axon to the seven already listed. NorthShore Health Centers disclosed a data breach to patients October 27, one of several Midwest provider notifications issued that week. Denver Health Medical Plan notified more than 238,000 members October 26 about a vendor-related data incident.
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Issue #499  ·  Est. 2025
Independent brief for device makers
Manufacturers // Alphatec Spine // Products

IntraOp Alignment System

Interventional Fluoroscopic X-Ray System. Attributes come from Alphatec Spine's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Patient or study database File import Removable media Cloud connectivity Wireless connectivity DICOM or image parsing
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-14 Device includes external peripheral interconnects (e.g., USB, Serial) PID-31 Application-level software is present and running on the device PID-33 Device includes interactive applications, services, or user interfaces PID-41 Device exposes remote network services PID-411 Device exposes remote services with the ability to send, receive, view or modify sensitive information or configurations
Attributes: component types
API Circuit Board Cloud Service Display Generic Application Local Application Local Service Sensor Modules User Interface
Attributes: interface types
WiFi

Matched threat intel

2

Advisories in our coverage that share an attribute with this product. A shared attribute is a lead, not a finding. The status column shows only what Alphatec Spine has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedAlphatec Spine status
A patient monitor with a hidden backdoor that phones homeJan 30, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips Gemini PET/CT systems write sensitive data to removable media without access controlMar 25, 2021Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-111No feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-116 Latent Privileged Access Port TID-224 Excessive Access via Software Diagnostic Features TID-226 Device leaks security information in logs TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-324 HTTP Direct Object Reference TID-327 Out of Bounds Memory Access TID-401 Undocumented Protocol Features TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication
CWE weaknesses
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE-284 Improper Access Control CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE-912 Hidden Functionality