Cyber crooks can pose as your printer to steal your stuff

No one suspects the lowly printer. But cyber attackers can go into stealth mode, hiding in your printer, to carry out attacks against you, according to a cybersecurity researcher.

Here's how the attack works and what you can do to stop them.

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Story originally published April 18, 2023.

See print version here at Ampyx News (formerly called Ampere News).

 

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