[dundee] EthHack ISC Diary | Hacking HP Printers for Fun and Profit

[Tim Spencer]

especially explained here:

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/29/9076395-exclusive-millions-of-printers-open-to-devastating-hack-attack-researchers-say

On 1 December 2011 10:53, Tim Spencer <samurai.mit at gmail.com> wrote:

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> http://hackaday.com/2011/11/30/researchers-claim-that-hp-laser-printers-can-be-hijacked-to-steal-data-and-catch-fire/
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> On 30 November 2011 14:25, Tim Spencer <samurai.mit at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Now if your like Abertay and dont have a password on the internalprinter
>> configuration page, which lets u upload any firmware u want then ur even
>> more into a win. I always played with the idea that as soon as the 'new'
>> fireware would read Exam or other such nifty keywords it would mass email
>> them to all students. (since the webserver inside Abertay is accessible via
>> command line and does not require a valid sender). And the usernames are a
>> random number from within that year.
>>
>> wooty woo
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>> Yet alas I found difficult to find any information on the way the
>> fireware was compiled or coded, bad closed source.
>>
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