2011 Presentations (Communicative Events)

Print Me If You Dare: Firmware Modification Attacks and the Rise of Printer Malware

Cui, Ang; Stolfo, Salvatore

Network printers are ubiquitous fixtures within the modern IT infrastructure. Residing within sensitive networks and lacking in security, these devices represent high-value targets that can theoretically be used not only to manipulate and exfiltrate the sensitive information such as network credentials and sensitive documents, but also as fully functional general-purpose bot-nodes which give attackers a stealthy, persistent foothold inside the victim network for further recognizance, exploitation and exfiltration.