Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack, researchers say

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  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    Full Story Here:

    http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/...en-to-devastating-hack-attack-researchers-say
     
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  2. hawki

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    http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/201...Feed: nakedsecurity (Naked Security - Sophos)
     
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  3. Hungry Man

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    Too early to say. I use an HP Printer though lol it's off 99% of the month since I rarely have to print anymore.
     
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    http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111129b.html
     
  5. cm1971

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    Thanks for the info. I passed it along to some people I know. It makes me not regret not having a printer for a while.
     
  6. siljaline

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    The latest from Sophos

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  7. CloneRanger

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    A very quick search with this inurl:hp/device/this.LCDispatcher pulled up Numerous hits. I only tried it with one, & was able to view all sorts of info :eek: But as surprising as that was, check these :D

    cert 1.gif

    hp cert.gif

    Ooops !
     
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    heh killer poke.
     
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    http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111223xa.html
     
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    This is scary!
     
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    HP sneaks out firmware security fix

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    hehe we have to Update our hardware Too nowdays

    Internet is being more expensive than it used to be
     
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