- Consolidate the security of the printer under a supplier can save time, although not without integration risks
- Canon’s new security subscription comes as its printer drivers face a critical exposure to vulnerability
- Root access to Canon Firewall was supposedly sold online in the middle of a new business protection service
The lines between traditional hardware suppliers and cybersecurity suppliers are beginning to blur as printer brands enter the cyber security field, but computer pirates can still use their commercial printer as an easy back door in their corporate network.
Canon, associated for a long time with office printing cameras and hardware, now offers a stepped cybersecurity subscription aimed at protecting devices, documents and final point data.
The offer includes two levels: improved and premium: the first covers basic concepts such as firmware updates and data backup copies, while the second introduces proactive monitoring, threat detection and rapid recovery of the device.
Canon security concerns
The launch is closely from serious security issues related to the printed canon infrastructure, including the vulnerabilities of high severity drivers and a possible network violation announced in underground forums.
Only a few days before the new subscription service was announced, Microsoft’s offensive security equipment revealed a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-1268, which affects Canon printers drivers.
The defect, which obtains 9.4 on the CVSS scale, could allow attackers to stop printing or execute arbitrary code under certain conditions.
Canon issued notices and urged users to update vulnerable drivers, particularly those linked to several production and printing production models.
While the patch is essential, the persistence of such failures highlights the broadest risks that the poorly secured print infrastructure can propose.
In addition to this concern, Canon has become the issue of underground listings that offer root level access to their internal Firewall systems.
Although the company has not confirmed this violation, security analysts continue to monitor the claims that circulate in Dark web forums to offer access that allows attackers to create rear doors or move laterally through the corporate network
In this context, the new canon subscription security services can be seen as a reputation risk response and an attempt to reposition itself as more than a printer provider.
Although these services resemble the characteristics of the Final Point Protection Platform (EPP), they focus only on the canon device environment.
If this strategy gains traction depends on something more than the execution of fee, since there is still a good amount of skepticism around traditional hardware companies that assume roles typically reserved for antivirus and cybersecurity suppliers.
For companies that manage large fleets of printing devices, protection consolidation through the hardware provider can offer convenience, but raise questions about scope, integration and supervision.
If others in the hardware sector begin to offer similar subscriptions, the market could see a gradual expansion of what EPP constitutes.
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