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Keylogger in Conexant Audio Driver on H-P Laptops

Accepted submission by butthurt at 2017-05-12 01:36:45
Security

ITworld has a story [itworld.com] about certain Hewlett-Packard laptop computers:

The keylogger is found within the PCs' audio driver software and has existed since at least Dec. 2015, the security firm Modzero said in a Thursday blog post [modzero.ch].

The audio driver was designed to identify when a special key on the PC was used. But in reality, the software will capture all the keystrokes and write them in an unencrypted file located on the laptop.


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