by Hunter Feybusch
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by Hunter Feybusch
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- Research published by Malwarebytes
- Hackers are placing fake ads on search engines claiming to help with printer/MFPs
- Users who click on ads are redirected to bogus websites that ask for info on user’s device, such as make and model
- Fake printer/MFP software updates appear, and if user clicks on link to download, they instead are downloading malware
- Hackers then use malware to steal data from attached PC’s including banking cridentials
– Report published by ResearchAndMarkets – Total market valued at $78.5 billion in 2025 – 53% are commercial users, versus home users – Projected to reach $129.8 billion by 2035 – CAGR of 5.2% – 29.4% of market belongs to inkjet devices
– Man in his 20s was arrested and sentenced to 2 years in prison in South Korea – Convicted of using a color MFP to make twenty 50,000 won banknotes Counterfeit bills used at convenience stores and restaurants
– Cyber Insider magazine published article about last week’s Pwn2Own hacking convention in Dublin, Ireland – Part of the event was a contest challenging hackers to compromise different brands of MFPs that were on stage – The following MFPs were successfully hacked, and prize money paid out: – Canon imageFORCE 1643F – Brother MFC-L8970cdw – […]
– Research published by Reliable Business Insights – Projected CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 14.6% – Global market valued at $22.1 billion – MPS market growth driven by: o shift in demand from ownership to outcome-based solutions moving away from the capital-intensive model of buying and maintaining a fleet of printers to an […]
