Security News
Brother is warning that many of their printers may no longer work or display errors when using a USB connection in Windows 11. Brother states that you can ignore the error, and the document should print successfully.
Some printers will request administrator credentials every time users try to print in Windows Point and Print environments due to a known issue caused by KB5005033 or later security updates addressing the PrintNightmare vulnerability. This happens because, after installing these PrintNightmare patches, only administrators are allowed to install or update drivers via Point and Print.
To address this increased security exposure, Microsoft has added new removable storage device and printer controls to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the enterprise version of its Windows 10 Defender antivirus. "We are excited to announce new device control capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to secure removable storage scenarios on Windows and macOS platforms and offer an additional layer of protection for printing scenarios," Microsoft said.
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. Hundreds of millions of printers have been released worldwide to date with the vulnerable driver in question.
Microsoft's recent out-of-band KB5004945 PrintNightmare security updates are preventing Windows users from printing to certain Zebra printers. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Windows Server 2008 SP2. However, researchers quickly determined that these patches did not fix the vulnerability in all cases.
Lexmark printers - those ubiquitous, inky office workhorses that fill homes and offices, and are found all the way on up to the federal government - have an unpatched vulnerability that could lead to serious, easy-to-execute attacks that require neither privileges nor user interaction and which can lead to arbitrary code execution. Beyond known security vulnerabilities, Lexmark printers have in the past been prone to a trivial hack thanks to what researchers have called "Gross negligence" on the part of users.
The Egregor ransomware uses a novel approach to get a victim's attention after an attack - shoot ransom notes from all available printers. Ransomware gangs know that many businesses would rather hide a ransomware attack than make it public, including to employees, for fear of the news affecting stock prices and their reputation.
The Egregor ransomware uses a novel approach to get a victim's attention after an attack - shoot ransom notes from all available printers. Ransomware gangs know that many businesses would rather hide a ransomware attack than make it public, including to employees, for fear of the news affecting stock prices and their reputation.
Over the past few weeks, Malwarebytes consumer and business users have complained that their Windows network printers keep getting kicked offline. This issue started around October 20th, when an update caused Windows network printers to be blocked by the security software.
Researchers have once again demonstrated that many printers can be hacked remotely, by hijacking 28,000 devices and instructing them to print out a printer security guide. The researchers said the document was printed by nearly 28,000 of those devices, which suggests that 56% of exposed printers can be hijacked.