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Re: Printer exploit?
From: John Leach <john () ecsc co uk>
Date: 28 Jun 2001 14:38:06 +0100
We've noticed a sudden influx of tcp 515 printer port scans over the last month on nearly all of our boxes (different sites, different isps) We *do* have a *really* good HP colour laserjet, I guess the word got out. John. ECSC Ltd. http://www.ecsc.co.uk
More than a few of our networked HP Laserjet printers have been sporadically printing out entire trays of paper that have a '1', 'u', 'i' in the upper right hand corner of the page, -or- a string of text along the top of the page. The jobs don't appear on the queue. This problem was noticed very rarely beginning a couple of months ago, but has increased in frequency over the last two evenings. ...
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