Friday, April 15: Josh Brolin Stars in Sci-Fi Western 'Outer Range'
Popular Printers Pwned In Prodigious Page Prank
A new day dawns, and we have another story involving insecure networked devices. This time it is printers of all makes and descriptions that are causing the panic, as people are finding mystery printouts bearing messages such as this:
"Stackoverflowin has returned to his glory, your printer is part of a botnet, the god has returned"
Well that's it then, you can't argue with a deity, especially one who has apparently created a botnet from the world's printing devices. Printer owners the world over are naturally worried about their unexpected arrival, and have appeared on support forums and the like to express their concern.
We are of course used to taking everything our printers tell us at face value. Low on ink? I hear you, my inanimate reprographic friend! But when our printer tells us it's part of a botnet perhaps it's time to have a little think. It is entirely possible that someone could assemble a botnet of compromised printers, but in this case we smell a rat. Only in farcical crime dramas do crooks announce their crimes in such a theatrical fashion, you might say it's the point of a botnet not to be detected by its host. Reading some of the reports it seems that many of the affected systems have port 9100 open to the world, that's the standard TCP printer port, so it seems much more likely that someone has written a little script that looks for IP addresses with port 9100 open, and trolls them with this message.
The real message here is one with which we expect Hackaday readers will be very familiar, and which we've covered before. Many network connected appliances have scant regard for security, and are a relative push-over for an attacker. The solution is relatively straightforward to those of a technical inclination, be aware of which services the devices is exposing, lock down services such as uPNP and close any open ports on your router. Unfortunately these steps are probably beyond many home users, whose routers remain with their default manufacturer's settings for their entire lives. It's a shame our printer troll didn't add a link to basic router security tips.
If you want to have a little fun, some of the printed pages include an email address for 'the god'. It would be fun to figure out who this is, right?
Millions Have Watched A Teen's Monument Circle Beer Prank That Led To A Police Citation
indystar.Com cannot provide a good user experience to your browser. To use this site and continue to benefit from our journalism and site features, please upgrade to the latest version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
Chelsea Boss Mauricio Pochettino Pranks Harry Kane In Hilarious Video Message After Meeting Alan Shearer
MAURICIO POCHETTINO left Alan Shearer in stitches after pranking Harry Kane in a hilarious video message.
The Chelsea boss sat down with Shearer to discuss the club's prospects this season.
2
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has sent a hilarious video message to his former strikerCredit: Getty2
Kane was closing in on Shearer's Premier League goal recordCredit: GettyPochettino and Kane enjoyed success together at Spurs, but he's now embarked on a new journey in the dugout at Chelsea this season.
The 51-year-old has a big job on his hands, tasked with turning around a team who finished 12th in the Premier League last term.
But when speaking in a recent interview with The Athletic, Pochettino took the opportunity to poke fun at the England captain.
In a hilarious move, the Blues boss pulled out his phone and told Shearer that he wanted to record a quick video message for Kane.
The Argentine looked into the camera saying: "Harry, we have signed Alan and he is going to score more goals, sorry".
By the end of the interview, Kane had clearly seen the funny side, as he responded: "He'd still score more goals for you".
Of course, Pochettino was referencing that Shearer's goalscoring record is now safe with Kane moving to Bayern Munich.
The Newcastle and England legend, 52, is the all-time Premier League top scorer with 260 goals in 441 appearances.
TRANSFER NEWS
Salah 'WANTS Saudi move', Man City target Nunes goes on STRIKE, Lukaku exit
FRENCH CONNECTION
Carroll in talks over 'random' move as ex-England ace nears Reading exit
DIER STRAIGHTS
Dier left out of Spurs squad to face Fulham as he nears shock exit
HARRY BACK
Maguire could get Man Utd lifeline as he trains amid Varane fearsCASINO SPECIAL - BEST ONLINE CASINOS FOR 2023
Kane was hot on his heels and closing in fast after reaching 213 in 320 appearances with Spurs.
But following his £100m move to Bayern, many believe that he may never get the chance to close that 47-goal gap and surpass Shearer's tally.
Kane enjoyed a scoring start on his Bundesliga debut last week for Thomas Tuchel's side.
Before leaving Spurs this summer, Kane ominously hinted that he still had plenty of time left to snatch the record from the Match of the Day pundit.
It was reported that Chelsea could reunite Pochettino with Kane, but Daniel Levy was not interested in selling his frontman to a Premier League rival.
Comments
Post a Comment