Printers Vulnerable To Security Threats 173
jcatcw writes "Networked printers are more vulnerable to attack than many organizations realize. Symantec has logged vulnerabilities in five brands of network printers. Printers outside firewalls, for ease of remote printing, may also be open to easy remote code execution. They can be possible launching pads for attacks on the rest of the network. Disabling services that aren't needed and keeping up with patches are first steps to securing them." From the article: "Security experts say that printers are loaded with more complex applications than ever, running every vulnerable service imaginable, with little or no risk management or oversight.... [N]etworked printers need to be treated like servers or workstations for security purposes — not like dumb peripherals."
Re:Try it out (Score:5, Insightful)
Isn't anything on the network a vulnerability? (Score:4, Insightful)
firewall (Score:3, Insightful)
Unlike, of course, printers behind firewalls, which are not at all open to remote code execution, since there's no chance that anything attached to the firewalled network will ever be hacked. Ah, the magic of the firewall.
Re:Unless... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Try it out (Score:4, Insightful)
I really don't get this-- why? Why would you put your printer outside your firewall? So you can print from the internet? What's the point?
Re:firewall (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Campus Printers (Score:5, Insightful)