Your office printer could be the easiest backdoor into company networks - so update now

• Departments often don't collaborate when buying new printers, risking buying flawed equipment
• They also don't patch on time or enough - leaving the doors wide open
• Decommissioning office hardware is also a problem

Hackers could be using your business printer as an easy backdoor into your corporate network and all of the devices connected to it, experts have warned.

A new report from HP Wolf Security outlines how most enterprises neglect their printers throughout the device’s lifecycle, finding just a third (36%) of those surveyed apply firmware updates as soon as they’re available.

Firmware updates are vital as they often address newly discovered vulnerabilities, and if they’re not applied, cybercriminals don’t have to blindly search for flaws - they know exactly where, and how to strike and move in.