Printer Port 9100 Warning

CAME OUT OF MY DADS PRINTER AT WORK TODAY........ Hi, if you're reading this message, it's highly likely that your printer is exposed to the public internet via port forwarding. This means that *anyone* on the internet with some technical knowledge can send print jobs to your printer - or worse, try to exploit it and use it as a part of a global botnet. If you didn't intend for this, please look into disabling UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) on your router, or remove the port forwarding rule for the port 9100. ~ a friendly catgirl hacker :3

A printed warning explains that an internet-exposed printer may be abused by strangers to send print jobs or recruit it into a botnet. The absurdity comes from the serious cybersecurity notice being signed by a “friendly catgirl hacker :3,” while the accompanying image shows a pope celebrating dramatically. It is sent as a reaction to unexpectedly alarming, technically specific, or chaotic situations. EN: A printed warning explains that an internet-exposed printer may be abused by strangers to send print jobs or recruit it into a botnet. The absurdity comes from the serious cybersecurity notice being signed by a “friendly catgirl hacker :3,” while the accompanying image shows a pope celebrating dramatically. It is sent as a reaction to unexpectedly alarming, technically specific, or chaotic situations.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 16021 2024-04-09