• HP software bug knocks out printers

      Darren Pauli writes for CRN.com:

      "Vulnerabilities have been discovered in HP printer software potentially allowing the theft of documents and the bricking of networked machines.

      The bugs affect HP's JetDirect software which allows printer set up on networks.

      ViaForensics security researcher Sebastián Guerrero said attackers can knock out an array of printers by infusing tags parsed by printer control and language interpreters..." [Read more at crn.com]