Brother printer bug in 689 models exposes default admin passwords

Brother printer bug in 689 models exposes default admin passwords

A total of 689 printer models from Brother, along with 53 other models from Fujifilm, Toshiba, and Konica Minolta, come with a default administrator password that remote attackers can generate. Even worse, there is no way to fix the flaw via firmware in existing printers.

689 different Brother printer models all use the serial number to create default password — ridiculous security flaw baked in from manufacturing, can't be fully remediated with firmware

689 Brother printer models, along with some from a handful of other manufacturers, are vulnerable to a critical security vulnerability. The printer's default password is determined algorithmically at manufacturing and is reverse-engineerable, and is unfixable via firmware updates.

Oh Brother! Unfixable Printer Bug Exposes Admin Passwords On 748 Models

A critical, unfixable vulnerability has hit score of network printers, so get those passwords changed.

Hundreds of printer models with weak password algorithms exposed, no firmware patch possible

Several security flaws - including one that exposes your default admin passwords - are affecting over 700 printer models. There is no fix in sight. Read more...