chargen is the new DDoS tool?

Wed Jun 12 13:21:49 UTC 2013

Getting back to the topic. I just saw quite a few of our hosts scanned
for this by 192.111.155.106 which doesn't say much on its own as
http://dacentec.com/ is a hosting company.

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Ricky Beam <jfbeam at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:52:52 -0400, Jimmy Hess <mysidia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Who really has a solid motive to make them stop working (other than a
>> printer manufacturer who wants to sell them more) ?
>
>
> Duh, so people cannot print to them. (amungst various other creative pranks)
>
> From a cybercriminal pov, to swipe the things you're printing... like that
> CC authorization form you just printed, or a confidential contract, etc.
> (also, in many offices, the printer is also the scanner and fax)
>
> --Ricky
>