Someone is hacking your business through a device on your network that you would never suspect. Can you guess what that is?
Printers have evolved into increasingly intelligent machines with their own operating systems and server softwares.
A Computerworld article explains how the Blaster worm thrashed the McCormick and Co. company’s entire network through its printers. None of the IT managers considered checking the vulnerability of the printers.
The simple solution to this security hole is to keep up-to-date with printer firmware and patches. Also, surprisingly enough, many network administrators do not bother to change the default passwords.
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