A bizarre new malware campaign hacks your printer and forces it to print out ransomware demands
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Printers being hijacked to spew ransom notes is a reminder that ‘boring’ endpoints are still live entry points — misconfigurations, not zero-days, are often the real risk. Inventory and lock down every networked device, not just laptops and servers, before an attacker does it for you.
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