4 ms·
Keylogger Found in Audio Driver of HP Laptops
- itsmemattchung 9y agoMy guess is that the the developer's main intention was for the driver to react keystrokes , rather than malice. But they definitely should've avoided writing all the keystrokes to a log file located under the user's home directory.
- greenyoda 9y agoMain discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14314795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14314795
- hbcondo714 9y agoI missed the 'main discussion' post so I'm glad to see this one. I purchased a HP laptop[1] a few months ago and sure enough the files mentioned in the article exist on my system. I followed the steps outlined and looking at the log file, I do not see any sensitive info, function keys are working and the log file didn't come back. I did get a prompt to run the HP recovery manager app but I declined. [1] https://www.costco.com/HP-ENVY-x360-13-y013cl-13t-Touchscreen-2-in-1-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7---QHD%2b-.product.100317294.html https://www.costco.com/HP-ENVY-x360-13-y013cl-13t-Touchscree...