Pre-Installed Keylogger Found On Over 460 HP Laptop Models PreInstalled Keylogger Found On Over 460 HP Laptop Models
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| Pre-Installed Keylogger Found On Over 460 HP Laptop Models PreInstalled Keylogger Found On Over 460 HP Laptop Models |
HP has a terrible history of 'unintentionally' leaving keyloggers onto its clients' portable PCs. No less than two times this year, HP tablets were gotten with pre-installed keylogger or spyware applications.
I was following a tweet made by a security analyst guaranteeing to have discovered a worked in keylogger in a few HP portable workstations, and now he opened up to the world about his discoveries.
A security specialist who passes by the name of ZwClose found a keylogger in a few Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptops that could enable programmers to record your each keystroke steal sensitive data, including passwords, account information, and credit card details.
The Keylogger was found embedded in the SynTP.sys file, a part of Synaptics touchpad driver that ships with HP notebook computers, leaving more than 460 HP Notebook models vulnerable to hackers.
Although the keylogger component is disabled by default, hackers can make use of available open source tools for bypassing User Account Control (UAC) to enable built-in keylogger "by setting a registry value." Here’s the location of the registry key:
- HKLM\Software\Synaptics\%ProductName%
- HKLM\Software\Synaptics\%ProductName%\Default
The researcher reported the keylogger component to HP last month, and the company acknowledges the presence of keylogger, saying it was actually "a debug trace" which was left accidentally, but has now been removed.
"A potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain versions of Synaptics touchpad drivers that impact all Synaptics OEM partners," HP says in its advisory, calling the keylogger as a potential, local loss of confidentiality.
"A party would need administrative privileges in order to take advantage of the vulnerability. Neither Synaptics nor HP has access to customer data as a result of this issue." The organization has released a Driver update all the infected HP Notebook Models. On the off chance that you claim a HP laptop, you can search for update for your model. The rundown of infected HP scratch pad can be found at the HP Support site.
This isn't the first run through when a keylogger has been distinguished in HP tablets. In May this year, an implicit keylogger was found in a HP sound driver that was quietly recording the greater part of its clients' keystrokes and putting away them in an intelligible document.
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