“The partnership strengthens cyber threat infection prevention capabilities in Sharp’s new range of business MFPs, available across Europe, at a time when cyber criminals are increasingly targeting devices in companies – including printers – with the aim of installing cyber threats, stealing intellectual property and launching espionage campaigns,” Bitdefender and Sharp representatives said.
As the threat spectrum evolves and companies increasingly use internet-connected smart office devices, cybercriminals have learned to compromise MFPs to use them as entry points into corporate networks, they added.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)