Collaborate Disseminate
I will be starting university in September. As part of my accommodation I will be provided with fast WiFi which requires a password to connect to (WPA2 Enterprise).
However, I don’t trust the other users on the network. How … Continue reading How can I best protect myself on an encrypted network with untrustworthy users?
It’s pretty widely known (well, I think it’s widely known) that printer manufacturers, in cooperation with certain governments, embed various bits of information (serial numbers, dates, etc.) in printed documents that can be … Continue reading Defeating identifying information that printers hide in printed documents
Why did thousands of printers suddenly spew out warning messages over the weekend – and how can you make sure that your printer isn’t exposed to the outside world? Continue reading Hacker pwns 150,000 printers to issue a security warning
A new day dawns, and we have another story involving insecure networked devices. This time it is printers of all makes and descriptions that are causing the panic, as people are finding mystery printouts bearing messages such as this:
“Stackoverflowin has returned to his glory, your printer is part of a botnet, the god has returned“
Well that’s it then, you can’t argue with a deity, especially one who has apparently created a botnet from the world’s printing devices. Printer owners the world over are naturally worried about their unexpected arrival, and have appeared on support forums and …read more
Continue reading Popular Printers Pwned In Prodigious Page Prank
Researchers probed 20 models from a range of big manufacturers, and didn’t like what they found Continue reading Is your office printer vulnerable to being attacked?
Gutenprint has has been recommended in forums, but I also heard Sourceforge is not safe – so are the Sourceforge links in Gutenprint site safe or not?
gimp-print.sourceforge.net
Continue reading Is it safe to download Gutenprint printer driver from Sourceforge? [on hold]
I just picked up a used HP Envy 5530 multifunction printer for $3 at a junk shop. The printer appears to be working and I would like to give it to my parents who need a new printer.
That said, I am concerned that the printer… Continue reading Picked up used HP Envy 5530 printer, concerned about potential security risk, am I paranoid?
Interesting: "We used silver and carbon ink to print an image consisting of small rods that are about a millimeter long and a couple of hundred microns wide," said Ajay Nahata from the University of Utah, leader of the research team. "We found that changing the fraction of silver and carbon in each rod changes the conductivity in each rod… Continue reading Hiding Information in Silver and Carbon Ink
Julian Oliver has designed and built a cellular eavesdropping device that’s disguised as an old HP printer. Masquerading as a regular cellular service provider, Stealth Cell Tower surreptitiously catches phones and sends them SMSs written to appear they are from someone that knows the recipient. It does this without needing to know any phone numbers. With each response to these… Continue reading Fake HP Printer That’s Actually a Cellular Eavesdropping Device
DRM will help HP make more money, but makes life frustrating for consumers. The post HP Has Added DRM to Its Ink Cartridges. Not Even Kidding appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading HP Has Added DRM to Its Ink Cartridges. Not Even Kidding