Multiple choice technology security

What is Cross Site Printing?

  1. A typo for Cross Site Scripting

  2. A new Printing technology from Microsoft

  3. A new attack that prints to your internal printers when you visit a website

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cross Site Printing (XSP) is a security vulnerability where malicious websites can trigger print commands on a victim's internal network printers. This occurs because browsers allow web pages to initiate print operations, which can be exploited to send unwanted print jobs to network-connected printers without user awareness. Options A and B are incorrect - this is a real attack, not a typo or Microsoft technology.

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