More than 450 HP laptop models have a keylogger hidden away in a driver, forcing HP to issue patches for the affected devices.The keylogger, found in Synaptics’ touchpad software, is disabled by default, but hackers could potentially enable it if they had access to a computer by elevating user privileges, said Michael Myng, the researcher who discovered the flaw.
Category Archives: Security
“Suspicious” event routes traffic for big-name sites through Russia
Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft all affected by “intentional” BGP mishap.
Source: “Suspicious” event routes traffic for big-name sites through Russia
Maker of sneaky Mac adware sends security researcher cease-and-desist letters
“If there’s code that’s mining data and hiding itself on a computer without any way of removing it, that’s malware, plain and simple.”
Source: Maker of sneaky Mac adware sends security researcher cease-and-desist letters
Terdot Banking Trojan Grows Into a Sophisticated Threat
Everything else is new, and there’s a lot of it. According to Bitdefender, Terdot can also operate a local MitM proxy server to sniff and reroute web traffic, can target more than just banking sites, and can also download and execute files from a remote server.
Source: Terdot Banking Trojan Grows Into a Sophisticated Threat
PC vendors scramble as Intel announces vulnerability in firmware [Updated]
Millions of computers could be remotely hijacked through bug in firmware code.
Source: PC vendors scramble as Intel announces vulnerability in firmware [Updated]
How to stop over 400 sites logging everything you type: A complete list of every site using session replay scripts | Alphr
You’ve read the news about session replay scripts and how they enable over 400 websites to track your every keystroke and mouse click and you’re, understandably, concerned. If you haven’t been following the news, researchers at Princeton University’s Centre for Information Technology Policy (CITP), discovered that 400 of the most popular websites in the world, including The Telegraph and BBC Good Food are running code capable of tracking everything you type into a website.
Windows Defender on-demand scan in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 | www.winhelp.us
CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it first appeared | Ars Technica
Every Wi-Fi network at risk of unprecedented ‘Krack’ hacking attack
Every Wi-Fi connection is potentially vulnerable to an unprecedented security flaw that allows hackers to snoop on internet traffic, researchers have revealed.
Source: Every Wi-Fi network at risk of unprecedented ‘Krack’ hacking attack
Mac malware silently spies on hundreds of computers – Jul. 24, 2017
Its purpose appears to be spying on users.
Source: Mac malware silently spies on hundreds of computers – Jul. 24, 2017