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    HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver

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    • momurdaM
      momurda
      last edited by

      Ive got one hp laptop here, but is the Spectre line, and does not use this driver and has no mictray.exe
      Checking all my other hp desktops just in case. There are some using the Conexant audio driver, but none have mictray.exe so far.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @momurda
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        @momurda said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

        Ive got one hp laptop here, but is the Spectre line, and does not use this driver and has no mictray.exe
        Checking all my other hp desktops just in case. There are some using the Conexant audio driver, but none have mictray.exe so far.

        Look for the log file as well, just in case it is being created via some other process.

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          scotth
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          C:\Users\Public\MicTray.log

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by DustinB3403

            Glad that I just returned the demo we received, although I don't recall what model it was.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
              last edited by

              @DustinB3403 said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

              Glad that I just returned the demo we received, although I don't recall what model it was.

              But it can recall an awful lot 😉

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                So very important to know... if you have one of these HPs and you take it to Geek Squad or return it to HP or send it out for recycling: it is easily full of your very, very private data, stuff that you never yourself recorded on the machine!

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                • gjacobseG
                  gjacobse @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                  So very important to know... if you have one of these HPs and you take it to Geek Squad or return it to HP or send it out for recycling: it is easily full of your very, very private data, stuff that you never yourself recorded on the machine!

                  I generally never let MY computer go without first DoD'ing the drive.... And if the system died (my ACER) I keep the HDD... nothing was wrong with it any way.

                  No logger found in my old system -

                  0_1494528121143_underwood5small[1].jpg

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller
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                    Good lord, someone's getting fired + put on trial for that one

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
                      last edited by

                      @MattSpeller said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                      Good lord, someone's getting fired + put on trial for that one

                      One can only hope.

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver
                        last edited by scottalanmiller

                        https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/hp-laptops-covert-log-every-keystroke-researchers-warn/

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @MattSpeller
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                          @MattSpeller said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                          Good lord, someone's getting fired + put on trial for that one

                          Haha, oh man that's funny.

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                          • travisdh1T
                            travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                            @MattSpeller said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                            Good lord, someone's getting fired + put on trial for that one

                            One can only hope.

                            Stop reading my mind before I scroll down far enough to see your reply 😛

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/keylogger.jpg

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                                https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/keylogger.jpg

                                That password though. . . I mean come on "football23" no capitals, or special characters. . . Would you even need a keylogger for that?

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                                  scotth
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                                  I have one here.
                                  I made the log file read only.
                                  Let's have a little fun.

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                                  • travisdh1T
                                    travisdh1 @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                                    https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/keylogger.jpg

                                    That password though. . . I mean come on "football23" no capitals, or special characters. . . Would you even need a keylogger for that?

                                    My guess for a single cracking machine (8 video cards for massively parallel compute), about 2 minutes.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403
                                      last edited by

                                      Yeah I actually just shipped one of these laptops back yesterday!

                                      Good thing it was only a trial device and we did nothing with it.

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                                      • momurdaM
                                        momurda @scotth
                                        last edited by

                                        @scotth Is the log file showing all keystrokes before you made it readoly?

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                                          scotth @momurda
                                          last edited by

                                          @momurda No. Zero byte file at this time. I haven't checked alternative streams yet.

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                                            scotth @scotth
                                            last edited by scotth

                                            @scotth said in HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver:

                                            @momurda No. Zero byte file at this time. I haven't checked alternative streams yet.

                                            Interesting. While attempting to open the file, I get denied access due to another process.

                                            Edit: It's currently marked as readonly and hidden.

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