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No, the author said that the peak concurrent connections was 300k. That tells us there are at least that many vulnerable hosts publicly exploitable, but there c
by tsimionescu 2y ago
No, the author said that the peak concurrent connections was 300k. That tells us there are at least that many vulnerable hosts publicly exploitable, but there could be many more that are transiently exploitable.
Also, this attack is easily triggered from any LAN, such as an airport or university or corporate or coffee shop network. And it is persistent: the attacker persistently registers a "printer" on your system (potentially overwriting a real printer that you actually have), and later when you print, even disconnected from the internet, you can trigger the RCE.
- nickphx 2y agoEhh most public wifi spots segment clients... You will be unable to send traffic to neighbors...
- mschuster91 2y agoMost run by commercial enterprises do, because they have teams running them that care about security. Your average non-large-brand coffee shop or ho(s)tel? They stick some cheap ass router in and disable the wifi password to get a public wifi for their guests.
- forgotpwd16 2y agoReminds me when used to redirect or/and replace images on sites in cafés with zANTI.
- tsimionescu 2y agoIf it's an open network, and there are still quite a few of those, it's not hard to broadcast packets over the air and fool the receiver into thinking they're coming from the connected AP.