A Hidden Security Threat: Beware the Office Multifunction Printer

A Hidden Security Threat: Beware the Office Multifunction Printer
PCWorld | Security & Privacy
September 8, 2011
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* A Hidden Security Threat: Beware the Office Multifunction Printer

You may not think of a printer as being a major security threat,
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