Security News

HP Patches Critical RCE Flaws in Inkjet Printers
2018-08-06 14:20

HP has released firmware updates for many of its ink printers to address a couple of critical vulnerabilities that can be exploited for remote code execution. read more

HP offers hackers $10,000 to find bugs in its printers
2018-07-31 15:32

HP announced the industry's first printer security bug bounty program to improve IoT security.

HP Launches Bug Bounty Program for Printers
2018-07-31 12:27

HP announced on Tuesday the launch of a bug bounty program for printers. The company is prepared to pay out up to $10,000 for serious vulnerabilities found in its products. read more

Check your printers for leftover GDPR-regulated PII
2018-07-05 12:00

Many companies are embracing the GDPR as an opportunity to improve privacy, security, and data management, by cutting down on the amount of personal data they keep, ditching data that is no longer...

Week in review: Masking printers’ tracking dots, anti-privacy dark patterns, and WPA3
2018-07-02 00:30

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: How Facebook and Google nudge users to make anti-privacy choices Facebook, Google and Microsoft use design techniques...

Researchers release app that masks printers’ tracking dots
2018-06-27 19:24

Did you know that nearly all modern color laser printers put tracking patterns of tiny yellow dots on each piece of paper they print? Most printer manufacturers include these yellow dot patterns,...

German researchers defeat printers' doc-tracking dots
2018-06-27 02:58

Whistleblowers, rejoice Beating the unique identifiers that printers can add to documents for security purposes is possible: you just need to add extra dots beyond those that security tools...

User ‘Gross Negligence’ Leaves Hundreds of Lexmark Printers Open to Attack
2017-12-18 17:02

Researchers warn hundreds of Lexmark printers are vulnerable to a trivial hack thanks to user “gross negligence.”

Remotely Exploitable Flaw Found In HP Enterprise Printers—Patch Now
2017-11-23 00:26

Security researchers have discovered a potentially dangerous vulnerability in the firmware of various Hewlett Packard (HP) enterprise printer models that could be abused by attackers to run...

Code Execution Flaw Found in HP Enterprise Printers
2017-11-21 19:14

Researchers have found a potentially serious remote code execution vulnerability in some of HP’s enterprise printers. The vendor claims to have already developed a patch that will be made...