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FuzzingLabs Compromises a Brother Printer at Pwn2Own Ireland 2026

A single zero-day against the Brother MFC-L8970CDW earned $20,000. FuzzForge was also recognized at the Nuit de la Sécurité Globale in Paris.

FuzzingLabs Compromises a Brother Printer at Pwn2Own Ireland 2026

On the third day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 in Cork, FuzzingLabs researchers took control of a Brother MFC-L8970CDW printer with a single zero-day vulnerability. The entry earned $20,000 and two Master of Pwn points.1

Disclosure

The vulnerability was reported to the Zero Day Initiative and to Brother. Technical details remain under embargo until a patch is available.1

FuzzForge

On September 28, FuzzForge received the second Coup de Cœur in the innovative cyber suppliers category at the Nuit de la Sécurité Globale 2026, held at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris. FuzzForge tests compiled binaries and firmware without access to source code.2

Cyber Defense Factory

In June, FuzzingLabs was selected for the Cyber Defense Factory, the French Ministry of Armed Forces’ program for cyber defense startups. The program runs for six months on defense use cases with teams from the DGA, COMCYBER, and the Agence de l’innovation de défense.3

Sources

  1. https://fuzzinglabs.com/pwn2own-ireland-2026-brother-printer/ ↩ ↩2

  2. https://fuzzinglabs.com/coup-de-coeur-nuit-securite-globale-2026/ ↩

  3. https://fuzzinglabs.com/fuzzinglabs-cyber-defense-factory-cdf-dga/ ↩