Alex “Jay” Balan, Bitdefender’s Chief Security Researcher, begs to differ. “Internet of Things is not optional,” he said here at RSA. “It’s not the user’s choice. Everything is becoming smart.”

Every network printer is an IoT device, he pointed out. “People believe that the printer is secure because it’s a physical box. I can take the paper out, and nobody can print. But in reality, anyone on the network can access the printer, and most have a management console without a password.”

Getting access to every document a printer ever printed doesn’t even require an exploit, because the functionality is simply present and available.

Source: Internet of Things Devices Have a Serious Security Problem | PCMag