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newman314 on March 25, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cat Printer

Fun fact: did you know that you can netcat firmware to a Brother printer?

It's both cool and terrifying.

denysvitali on March 25, 2022 | [–]

Well, you can literally print a firmware on some printers, and it will install it. Not sure what's worse

vhold on March 25, 2022 | | [–]

See also: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/2237

pabs3 on March 26, 2022 | [–]

Surely it would verify signatures before installing the firmware?

newman314 on March 28, 2022 | [–]

You would think so but no.

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