Hardcoded Password Enables Remote Attacks on Samsung Printers

Password woes apparently aren’t limited to endpoints. US-CERT issued an advisory Tuesday warning users of Samsung printers, including some Dell printers manufactured by Samsung, that a hardcoded password could enable remote code execution. “Samsung printers contain a hardcoded SNMP full read-writ...

History Sniffing Case Dismissed Because Defendant Fails to Quantify Losses

A federal court in New York has dismissed a case in which the plaintiff claimed that a third-party advertiser had violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act CFAA by sniffing her browser history and using flash cookies, ruling that the plaintiff didn’t prove that the actions were harmful enough...