The Office Print Server Is the New Back Door: Attackers Are Actively Exploiting PaperCut Flaws in Schools and Workplaces
The federal government's cyber defense agency just told every federal department: patch your print management software now, because attackers are already breaking in through it. If your kid's school, your office, or your local print shop runs PaperCut — and thousands do — the same door is open there, and nobody is issuing them a directive.
Bottom Line
Two actively exploited flaws in widely used print management software just earned a federal patching mandate — but the schools, print shops, and small offices that run the same software face the same attackers with none of the mandate. The unglamorous infrastructure nobody watches is, once again, where the real fight is happening. The threat is real but manageable: patches exist, and applying them closes the door.