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    HP Laptops Found with Keylogger Built Into Audio Driver

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      Here is the current known list of machines that are affected. As with most risks of this nature, only Windows machines are at risk.

         HP EliteBook 820 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 828 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 840 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 848 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 850 G3 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 640 G2 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 650 G2 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 645 G2 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 655 G2 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 450 G3 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 430 G3 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 440 G3 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 446 G3 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 470 G3 Notebook PC
         HP ProBook 455 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 725 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 745 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 755 G3 Notebook PC
         HP EliteBook 1030 G1 Notebook PC
         HP ZBook 15u G3 Mobile Workstation
         HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet
         HP Elite x2 1012 G1 with Travel Keyboard
         HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Advanced Keyboard
         HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3 Notebook PC
         HP ZBook 17 G3 Mobile Workstation
         HP ZBook 15 G3 Mobile Workstation
         HP ZBook Studio G3 Mobile Workstation
         HP EliteBook Folio G1 Notebook PC
      
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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
          last edited by

          @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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          • S
            scotth
            last edited by

            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 -

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                    • MattSpellerM
                      MattSpeller
                      last edited by

                      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
                            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

                            Haha, oh man that's funny.

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @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

                                keylogger.jpg

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

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

                                  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:

                                      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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