Hackers can take over your PC through your printer

Jerry Witkowicz
180FIND-solutions
Published in
2 min readJul 15, 2016

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Hackers can take over your PC through your printer

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Security researchers from Vectra Networks discovered a serious vulnerability in Microsofts Windows operating system, which allows hackers to take control over complete computer networks, through vulnerable printers.

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