Anon Archived Leftover Synaptics debugger puts a keylogger on HP laptops (theregister.co.uk)
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"Back in May 2017, security researchers from Swiss outfit Modzero found a keylogger in HP laptops' Conexant audio drivers."
'HP added: "Neither Synaptics nor HP has access to customer data as a result of this issue."'
'Consumer items still awaiting a fix include eight HP Envy variants, an HP Stream series, as well as an HP x360 11 convertible. '
'The debug trace was in the Synaptics Touchpad driver used almost across-the-board in HP laptops, and while it is turned off by default, a registry entry could turn it on. '
'HP's advisory stated that the vulnerability "impacts all Synaptics OEM partners", so we can expect a rash of driver updates to be released in the future. '
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