tosca925 Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 MAKER OF printer ink, HP. has admitted that the software used on two of its laser printers could be a back door for hackers. The HP Color LaserJet 2500 and 4600 printers have a flaw in the software which allows hackers read any documents printed and gain unauthorized access to the PC. The flaw was found by the Danish security firm, Secunia, which says the hack is ‘less critical’ because it is a little difficult to pull off. HP has issued a patch for the problem and are advising users to immediately upgrade their software
eejit Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 Gah! I've got "a ton" of 4600's. Have you got a link to this story, tosca? Is it the "full" software (I only use the driver) or the driver, or the firmware. Cheers for the heads up.
tosca925 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Posted April 10, 2006 Official HP Page Found this on Zdnet after a google search Zdnet
eejit Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 Cheers for that Phew!, the flaw is in the 'toolbox' software that comes with it, so I should be ok.
john Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 Same for me, just use pure drivers, never both with toolboxes etc
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