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In November, a computer programmer spotted some strange code while trying to control a backlit keyboard on a Hewlett-Packard laptop.
It was a keylogger — which if turned on by a hacker is capable of monitoring every keystroke you type and save this activity to a file. It’s a common hacking technique used to steal passwords, as Google recently noted in its year-long study on computer security.
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In this case, the code was not turned on, but TechCrunch nonetheless reported on programmer Michael Myng’s blog post about finding the deactivated keylogger. In his memo, Myng wrote that he notified HP of the presence of the keylogger’s presence. Read more…
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Researcher Michael Myng found a deactivated keylogger in a piece of software found on over 460 HP laptop models. A full list of affected laptops is here. The keylogger is deactivated by default but could represent a privacy concern if an attacker has physical access to the computer./https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F646441%2Fb43e7849-1515-4c93-a92e-f2e675c83318.jpg)