Networked printers have always posed an interesting attack vector, mostly for academics looking for vulnerabilities, and vandals sending garbage to the print bin. Microsoft, today, however patched a legitimate vulnerability that an attacker could abuse to attack corporate and home networks. MS16-087, one of a half-dozen critical security bulletins published today by Microsoft, patches a...

Connecting a webcam to your home or office network might seem like a harmless thing, but researchers have figured out how to turn that connected device into a backdoor. Researchers at Vectra Networks today released a report demonstrating how a $30 D-Link webcam can be abused by attackers and turned into a medium for sending...