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Details have emerged about a high severity security vulnerability affecting a software driver used in HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers that has remained undetected since 2005. Tracked as CVE-2021-3438 (CVSS score: 8.8), the issue concerns a buffer overflow in a print driver installer package named “SSPORT.SYS” that can enable remote privilege and arbitrary code execution. […]
Three high-severity PrinterLogic flaws that have recently been detected could help hackers launch remote code execution attacks on printers. Threatpost editor Lindsey O’Donnell reports, “A slew of high-severity flaws have been disclosed in the PrinterLogic printer management service, which could enable a remote attacker to execute code on workstations running the PrinterLogic agent.” The PrinterLogic […]
The attackers claim that this time they have compromised hundreds of thousands of devices around the world, in what they themselves called #PrinterHack2 A few days ago, specialists in digital forensics from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported the sudden emergence of a message supporting PiewDiePie, famous YouTuber, in thousands of printers worldwide for […]
A couple of weeks ago, a hacker going by the online handle of TheHackerGiraffe hacked over 50,000 printers for the sake of promoting PewDiePie’s YouTube channel and urging users to subscribe to his channel. Now, the same hacker has struck again and claims to have hacked over 100,000 printers globally. This time with the help of another […]
Nearly 50,000 printers across the globe were hacked by a hacker using the alias TheHackerGiraffe for the sake of promoting PewDiePie’s YouTube channel and encouraging users to subscribe to the channel. The hacker claims that the primary motive behind this hijacking spree is to spread awareness about printers’ cyber-security and to garner the attention of […]
Think twice before sharing your fax number with someone. Many corporations provide their fax number in the contact information page on the websites. After all, it is considered completely harmless to share fax number with other information like the email address or phone number. However, it turns out that the fax number is also exploitable […]
Corporate printers and scanners related emails are quite common in large organizations and this particular aspect is now deemed as a potential opportunity for exploitation by cybercriminals. According to the findings of Barracuda Networks, there is a sudden rise in attacks involving HP, Canon and Epson printer and scanner email attachments. Reportedly, hackers have launched […]
Stealth Cell Tower, it is an antagonistic GSM base station concealed in an office printer that could be used for surveillance purposes. Are you angry with your boss or your colleagues? Do you want to spy on them? The engineer Julian Oliver has demonstrated how to do it with a tiny cellphone base station concealed in […]
In-brief: Andrew Auernheimer, an online provocateur who uses the handle “Weev,” has taken credit for causing 30,000 Internet connected printers to spew out antisemitic statements. Many of the connected printers were on the campuses of colleges and universities. Andrew Auernheimer, an online provocateur who uses the handle “Weev,” has taken credit for a massive hack of […]
Short Bytes: According to a latest EFF research, it’s possible that you own printer is leaking the important information about you to the government. By printing some secret yellow codes on each document, Xerox, Brother, Dell, HP, and Canon printers are “helping” the Secret Service. A research team at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has cracked […]