To Prove How Lousy Canon's Security Is, This Guy Hacked A Printer To Run The Classic '90s Video game 'Doom'. It is a good practice to never connect a printer to the Internet. If you want to dive deeper into the hacking and learn how Canon's encryption. If they can hack Doom into it they can hack other programs, like one that automatically backs up anything you scan or print and sends it back to the hacker. Or. Hacker exploits printer Web interface to install, run Doom Firmware update flaw makes it easy to spy on printed docs, break in to networks. Sam Machkovech - pm UTCEstimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Hacking Canon Pixma Printers - Doomed Encryption. This blog post is another in the series demonstrating current insecurities in devices categorised as the ‘Internet of Things’. This instalment will reveal how the firmware on Canon Pixma printers (used in the home and by SMEs) can be modified from the Internet to run custom code. If they can hack Doom into it they can hack other programs, like one that automatically backs up anything you scan or print and sends it back to the hacker. Or to automatically send malware to devices that connect to it. This is a serious vulnerability. It doesn't even have to be that complicated. A malicious attacker could "update" the printer with firmware that just bricks the printer.
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