Re: " ...colleges and universities all over the United States found that their network printers were spilling out Auernheimer’s flyer."

[Harry Hoffman <hhoffman () IP-SOLUTIONS NET>]

This vector, unfortunately, goes back alot further then 2014.

And the print jobs have been everything from beastuality, to cruises, to 
folks from other countries issuing warnings to close off access to the 
ports.

It's a sad state of affairs and one made worse by vendors who won't 
provide quality controls for the equipment they manufacture.

Cheers,
Harry


On 3/28/16 10:14 AM, Shawn Merdinger wrote:
> Lock down your printers, lest Weev (and now countless others) will
> troll you with racist print jobs.
>
> http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/hacker-weev-made-thousands-of-internet-connected-printers-spit-out-racist-flyers
>
> https://storify.com/weev/a-small-experiment-in
>
> Fwiw, I've a couple slides in a 2014 Educause preso detailing this
> vector exactly...down to the shell script...and one slide in
> particular that will most certainly get you the backing from C-level
> execs to remove your printers from public IP (child pr0n, hostile work
> environment lawsuits, every public IP printer now a state/federal
> crime scene).
>
> http://www.educause.edu/sites/default/files/library/presentations/SEC14/SESS08/shodan_for_edu_educause_security_conference_2014_public_version_shawn_merdinger.pdf
>
> Cheers,
> --scm