Researchers have been demonstrating attacks against printers for years. Now, Hewlett-Packard has started building defenses directly into its printers’ firmware instead of just patching individual ...

HP said on Wednesday that it will release new firmware for select OfficeJet printers to disable a security feature that blocks the use of untested third-party printer ink cartridges. The news arrives ...

HP printers are ' bricked ' by displaying a blue screen and not working as a printer after a firmware update. According to technology media BleepingComputer, HP is working to address the printer ...

It is generally said that printer manufacturers have a business model of selling printers with the price including 'ink' and 'cartridges', and this is often perceived by consumers as 'genuine ink and ...

A post from Ars Technica on March 11, 2025, gave a closer look at what’s going on with the update. The article explained that the firmware was meant to boost the printer’s performance, but in some ...

HP customers have been advised to disable their device’s internet connection and hold out for HP’s to-be-released firmware fix. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to ...

Facepalm: Some HP printers are facing serious issues, and this time it's nothing to do with the company purposely blocking third-party ink cartridges. A firmware update HP released earlier this month ...

The problem was that the printers did not check to verify to source of any firmware updates - the software that controls the actual physical hardware in the computer. So the researchers were able to ...

As far as technology goes, I'm usually the first person to update to the latest firmware. Whether it's my mobile phone, television or laptop, I always like to have the latest version available ...

A person who we think is a lady with her HP printer in happier times. HP has confirmed that a large number of its printer models are vulnerable to a new "Critical" buffer overflow bug with a CVSS ...