<ul><li>Procolored, a major Chinese printer manufacturer, has been inadvertently infecting its customers with backdoors, infostealers, and cryptocurrency stealers for six months.</li><li>Six of Procolored's product lines were found to be infected with malware, with the last software update made in October 2024, indicating the deployment of malware for at least half a year before detection.</li><li>Researchers discovered 39 malware detections in 20 uniquely hashed executables, including RATs, trojans, clipboard stealers, and cryptocurrency stealers, with almost 10 BTC stolen by the attackers.</li><li>Following the discovery, all software was removed from Procolored's website, an investigation was initiated, and the company suspects that its own systems were compromised as well.</li></ul>

Procolored printers shipped out with malware-ridden drivers for half a year

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