by Hunter Feybusch
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by Hunter Feybusch
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- SC Media magazine published report stating that 20% of businesses have been hit by hackers
- 33% of those surveyed believe that they or others they know have been impacted by hackers inserting malicious firmware into their network connected drives
- 19% have been impacted by hackers targeting PC’s, Laptops, and printers/MFPs
- 91% believe that hackers are targeting their network endpoints
- 51% admit they can not verify if print hardware had its firmware tampered with
- (Konica Minolta’s bizhub i-series MFPs have security features to protect firmware)
– 78% of organizations surveyed now use some cloud-based print management 35% use extensively 43% use partially – 16% are evaluating – Top concerns are: 34% = data security 25% = reliability and uptime 22% = achieving consistent printing across multi-vendor fleet – 77% expect growth in cloud capture adoption 66% expect scan volumes on […]
– Elliptic Cybersecurity published warning about “sophisticated” new Android trojan named “Mirax” – Can be rented by hackers for up to $3,000 per month – Hackers could use to gain control over devices – Allows attackers to bypass security measures and steal sensitive information – (Ricoh MFPs use Android OS)
– Article published by RTMWorld magazine – “widespread price revision for a substantial portion of their office and commercial printing lineup” – “scheduled to take effect on 8/3/2026” – Includes A3, A4, color, b/w MFPs and production print systems – Due to “persistent inflation of raw material and procurement costs” – Price increases range from […]
AI now being used by hackers – Google report – Google published warning that it has identified a new zero-day exploit that has been developed by hackers using artificial intelligence (AI) – Exploit is designed to bypass 2-factor authentication on open source web-based system administration tool – Was implemented in a Python script – (Python […]
