Give HP kudos for timeliness: less than a month after Columbia University researchers shared a worrisome lack of security surrounding firmware updates on the company's line of laserjet printers, a fix is now available for affected models. If you'll recall, Ang Cui and Salvatore Stolfo made headlines by revealing that attaching a virus to a print job on a vulnerable device could provide full access to an intruder, allowing sensitive content to be intercepted and even giving those with the most malicious of intent a way to overheat the fuser within. For its part, HP steadfastly denied the possibility of fire or an explosion, assuring consumers …
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