Multifunction printers (MFPs) do far more than print. They scan, email, fax, store, and authenticate. That convenience comes with risk. Our latest report, Understanding Multifunction Printer (MFP) Security within the Enterprise Business Environment, from Rapid7’s Deral Heiland, Principal Security Researcher (IoT), and Sam Moses, Security Consultant, takes a clear look at where MFPs expand your attack surface and how to reduce that risk.
MFPs are everywhere, often overlooked, and frequently underprotected. Many organizations deploy them without password changes, patch cycles, or network segmentation. Attackers notice. Because MFPs are attached to networks and can carry sensitive data, compromise can enable credential theft, data leakage, and lateral movement within the network.
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