Your Brother printer might have a critical security flaw - how to check and what to do next

Hundreds of Brother printer models have been found to harbor a serious security flaw that can't be fully patched on existing devices. First noticed by Rapid7 in May and publicly disclosed on June 25, this unpatchable vulnerability lets an attacker who knows -- or can find out -- your printer's serial number generate its default administrator password.

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Yes, the same password that's set in the factory and that many of us never change. But the "good" news is you can still protect yourself by changing that default password today.

What happened and how bad is it?

Rapid7's zero-day research has revealed eight security holes across 689 Brother printer, scanner, and label-maker models -- and an additional 59 devices from Fujifilm, Toshiba Tec, Ricoh, and Konica Minolta. Of those eight ...