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28c3: Print Me If You Dare

28c3 · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Ang Cui and Jonathan Voris present firmware modification attacks on networked printers at 28c3, showing how HP printers can be compromised and used as footholds for malware inside sensitive networks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a jaw-dropping demonstration of how insecure embedded printer firmware is.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Your jaw will be scraping along the floor at some of the holes these things have.”

    Printer hacking talk showing firmware flaws in networked printers.

    JonnieCache, 2012-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Printers are spontaneously printing odd "SQL" strings”

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Topics: printer malware, firmware, hp, embedded security, 28c3

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