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Written by  Ray ShawHundreds of thousands of printers were “pwnd” last week to show owners how insecure they are and that some can join botnets to assist in DDoS attacks.

The issue is that port 9100 is often left open to external Internet connections to allow firmware to be updated and Web printing. It is not known just how many printer makes and models are affected but a table at the end of this article lists 20 commercial printers that have been PRinter Exploitation Toolkit (PRET) tested.

Users reported multiple printer models as affected. The list includes brands such as Afico (Ricoh), Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Lexmark, Konica Minolta, Oki, and Samsung.


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