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Flawed office printers are a silent but serious target for hackers

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Geekz Snow

You probably don’t think too much about your humble office printer.

But they’re a prime target for hackers, if any of the dozens of vulnerabilities found by security researchers are anything to go by.

The latest research by the NCC Group just revealed at the Def Con security conference shows just how easy of a target office printers can be.

Think about it: Office printers at some of the largest organizations in finance, government and tech all print corporate secrets — and classified material — and often keep a recorded copy in their memory.

Printers are also complicated devices — more so than most people realize — with multiple internet-connected components, networking protocols, printer languages and fonts and connected apps and devices, all of which have vulnerabilities.

No wonder they’re a target; office printers are a treasure trove of sensitive data.

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