Keyloggers Found on HP Laptops
Words of caution
Hello Steemians,
I would like to share with you security related information you might find relevant if you are a HP laptop user.
In response to my last week new HP laptop purchase, a family member of mine just sent yesterday an article which took me both by surprise and caution: different new HP models have been found to be infected by keyloggers.
EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion and Envy affect among others
If you recently purchased a HP laptop, make sure you check whether yours is impacted.
Keyloggers within preinstalled software drivers
Turns out a security researcher called Michael Myng found keylogging code in different HP laptops. Until now, more than 460 units have been found to be somewhat affected. News are kind of recent, last article I read dates of 9th of October. Do not know about further news.
Loss of confidentiality
The suspicious keylogging sofware was discovered while the security independent researcher was inspecting Synaptics Touchpad software.
Apparently, the keylogging sofware remained deactivated by default, however; an attacker with access to the computer could, in theory, enable it as a means to stealing sensitive information.
In May, a similar keylogger was discovered
This time, audio drivers which were pre-installed on several HP laptops had been compromised.
At that time, the enterprise stated the keylogger code had been "mistakenly installed" to the software.
Personal advice
If your HP model might be under risk, I would make sure to:
- Make new fresh windows install. do NOT use pre-install windows
- Avoid Synaptics drivers (touchpad)
Bonus for the ignorants
"Keystroke logging, often referred to as keylogging or keyboard capturing, is the action of recording (logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically covertly, so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored. Data can then be retrieved by the person operating the logging program. A keylogger can be either software or hardware." WIkipedia source
source: hackernews
source2: bbc
Thanks for the heads up. I got hit by randsomeware a few months ago.
Np im glad u found it useful.
Really, What kind of randsomeware affected you?
It was some program that encrypts your files so if you want to unlock them you have to pay. I didn't pay anything, I just formatted my hard drive. Luckly I had backups for my more important stuff.
holy cow. Creepy stuff. Smart move to have a backup.
What's the condition of Hp laptop?
Thank you for sharing. I do most of my work on an HP, I will be checking the specs ASAP
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