Attack of the Trojan Printers

snydeq writes "Security professionals are tapping Trojan horse access points cloaked in printers and other office equipment to infiltrate clients who want their defenses tested, InfoWorld reports. Attackers dressed in IT supplier uniforms drop off printers to a company for a test-drive. Once the device is connected to the network, the penetration testers have a platform behind any perimeter defenses from which to attack. 'You can put your box inside a printer tray and glue it shut, and who will notice if there are one or two or three power cables coming out?' one security researcher says of the method. A variant of the attack, presented by Errata Security at the Defcon hacking convention, uses an attack-tool-laden iPhone mailed to a target company to get inside the firm's network defenses."

Comments

That old saying applies

[Megahard]

Beware of geeks bearing gifts.

Re:tried that with a Flip cam

[Anonymous Coward]

Good luck trying to mail someone a printer right now :-)

Re:Old trick, upgraded

[Kittenman]

Was that when the CIA just got multiple close-up photos of Russian butts from the Soviet embassy party?

Re:tried that with a Flip cam

[oldspewey]

before giving the stick to my wife

Pics or it didn't happen.