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Accidental HP Keylogger – Daily Security Byte

May 12, 2017 By Corey Nachreiner

According to headlines, HP shipped many of their computers with an audio driver that can act like a keylogger. Turns out researchers found a diagnostic feature in the audio driver that does log your keystrokes to a local file, in clear text. While this is certainly a software vulnerability, it doesn’t appear to be intentionally malicious. Nonetheless, you should remove or update this driver to keep your computer safe. Press play below to learn a bit more about this story, and check out the reference section for more details.

Episode Runtime: 2:43

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu2EmqhUqfw

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Researchers find keylogger vulnerability in HP audio driver – Modzero
  • HP to fix kelogger found on laptops – ZDNet
  • HP audio driver ships with keylogger –  The Next Wen

Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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