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Printers

HP "fire" bug patched on dozens of printers

Dan Kaplan January 05, 2012

HP has quietly delivered a fix for a vulnerability in some of its printers that could be leveraged to steal sensitive documents, gain control of corporate networks, or even set the affected devices on fire.

Group brings lawsuit against HP over printer "fire" bug

Dan Kaplan December 06, 2011

A New York man who owns two Hewlett-Packard printers has brought a class-action lawsuit against the technology giant over a vulnerability that opens the device up to a hacker attack.

HP says security flaw is real, but flames are unlikely

Dan Kaplan November 30, 2011

Hewlett-Packard has shot down claims that a vulnerability in some of its printers could be used to set the devices on fire.

Bug allows HP printers to be remotely hacked, set on fire

Angela Moscaritolo November 29, 2011

HP LaserJet printers do not validate the origin of remote firmware updates before applying them, meaning anyone could potentially reprogram them to access a corporate network -- or even light them on fire.