Dark Reading is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC
This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them.Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.
7 New Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities That Could Put Your Enterprise at RiskIn this Dark Reading Tech Digest, we look at the ways security researchers and ethical hackers find critical vulnerabilities and offer insights into how you can fix them before attackers can exploit them.
The Changing Face of Threat Intelligence
This special report takes a look at how enterprises are using threat intelligence, as well as emerging best practices for integrating threat intel into security operations and incident response. Download it today!
Tweet This
17 Comments
User Rank: Ninja
6/11/2020 | 12:17:08 PM
From my understanding, most of the printers are behind firewalls; however, if there is lateral/horizontal movement, the end-user or admin has bigger problems that need to be addressed (per the statement made by the speaker). In certain instances, I can see where certain cameras might be affected because they are connected directly to the internet (traffic cameras) and some of their IP Addresses are made public, but I am not sure how many IOT devices are connected directly to the internet. There is a site on the web that indicates a number of devices connected directly to the internet but that is part of another conversation - https://www.shodan.io/explore
I do see limitations in the statements made but it is possible, we just need to remain vigilant. A possible remidy would be to connect using SHA Hash 256 to the OS because the system could determine if the hash was found on the network or a token process where a PIN is used (a number of printers have this capability but most people don't use it).
Todd