by Hunter Feybusch
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by Hunter Feybusch
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Toshiba Vulnerability
- The Vulnerabilities impact “dozens of eSTUDIO MFP models”
- could allow hackers to execute a DDos attack
- Allow hackers to executive arbitrary malicious code on customers network
- Possible to extract confidential information
- Also a Vulnerability with Toshiba’s Top Access web management tool
Toshiba Sued
- Class action lawsuit filed alleging negligence over breach in 12/2023 that exposed personal/confidential info on current and past employees
- Breach notifications were not sent until 5/28/2024
- Similar to lawsuit filed against Canon after breach, which resulted in a “multi-million dollar” settlement in May, 2024
– 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 […]
– Foxconn, aka Hon Hai Precision of Taiwan, parent of Sharp, has been hit by the Nitrogen ransomware gang of Russia – Hackers claim to have stolen 8 terabytes of data with 11 million files from Foxconn’s network after it successfully hacking into a Foxconn-owned manufacturing plant in Wisconsin – Stolen files apparently contain confidential […]

