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Pro to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 18 days ago

This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives

www.gdatasoftware.com

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This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives

www.gdatasoftware.com

Pro to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 18 days ago
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Procolored: Printer company serves malware für six months, claims "false positive" warnings
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What do a coin stealer, an abandoned backdoor and a file infector have in common? They all resided in the download section on the website of a printer company - stowed away in installer files for drivers and utilities. We took a closer look.
  • @jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    Wow it’s not HP.

    • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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      In that case it wouldn’t be news.

    • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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      8•18 days ago

      Btw, germany has a law about “Computersabotage”. Wondering why HP & co still can make your paid (computer) hardware not working anymore?

    • Mike
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      deleted by creator

      • Encrypt-Keeper
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        HP created a whole generation of militant anti-HP consumers long before Louis Rossman got involved.

        • Mike
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          deleted by creator

          • @Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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            I don’t watch tiktok

          • @Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world
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            Nope

      • @jaybone@lemmy.zip
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        Yeah I’ve been bitching about their laptops too lately.

        • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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          It’s almost like they want the hinges to break after six months.

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