Re: Researchers expose printer vulnerability, turn LaserJets into literal time bombs

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Check
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/hp_probes_fire_started_printer_vuln/

and

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111129b.html

Juha-Matti

Jeffrey Walton [noloader () gmail com] kirjoitti: 
> http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/29/researchers-expose-printer-vulnerability-turns-inkjets-into-lit/
>
> Your precious printer might seem innocuous but, in reality, it could
> be a ticking time bomb just waiting for some hacker to trigger it. Oh,
> and we mean that not just figuratively, but literally as well -- they
> could actually be caused to burst into flames by some ne'er-do-well
> half-way around the globe. Of course, the potential doesn't end at
> remote arson, an attacker could easily gain access to a network or
> steal documents, and hijacking the lowly device would require little
> more than printing an infected file....
>
> Most printers look for a firmware update every time they receive a job
> but, for some reason, they rarely check the validity of an incoming
> file. A fake upgrade could easily be attached to a file sent over the
> internet, directly to a device -- no need to even trick anyone....

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