Tag Archive for: certain

Certain HP laptops are found recording users’ keystrokes

/in

Over two dozen HP laptop models have been secretly recording users’ keystrokes, possibly by mistake, according to a Swiss security firm.

The keylogger is found within the PCs’ audio driver software and has existed since at least Dec. 2015, the security firm Modzero said in a Thursday blog post.   

The audio driver was designed to identify when a special key on the PC was used. But in reality, the software will capture all the keystrokes and write them in an unencrypted file located on the laptop.

In other cases, the keystrokes will be passed to a Microsoft Windows debugging interface on the PC, and expose them to possible capture, Modzero said.      

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Network World Security

Data Breach Preparation and Response: Breaches are Certain, Impact is Not – TechTarget

/in

TechTarget

Data Breach Preparation and Response: Breaches are Certain, Impact is Not
TechTarget
The following is an excerpt from Data Breach Preparation and Response: Breaches are Certain, Impact is Not by author Kevvie Fowler and published by Syngress. This section from chapter five explores the methods of containment after a data breach.

“data breach” – Google News

FCC: Open source router software is still legal—under certain conditions

/in

(credit: South Park Studios)

With the Federal Communications Commission being criticized for rules that may limit a user’s right to install open source firmware on wireless routers, we’ve been trying to get more specifics from the FCC about its intentions.

Despite an FCC guidance to router manufacturers that seems to ban open source firmware such as DD-WRT and OpenWRT, FCC spokesperson Charles Meisch told Ars that there is in fact no such ban. But there are restrictions that in some cases could cause a manufacturer to decide to prevent the installation of third-party firmware. In fact, disabling the installation of third-party firmware by the user may be the easiest and most straightforward way for hardware makers to comply with the FCC’s guidance.

That guidance specifically requires manufacturers to prevent user modifications that cause radios to operate outside their licensed RF (radio frequency) parameters. The goal is to prevent interference with other systems by making sure devices only work within their allowed frequencies, types of modulation, and power levels. The FCC said its actions are meant to address “interference with FAA Doppler weather radar systems caused by modified devices” and other potential interference problems.

Read 29 remaining paragraphs | Comments

Ars Technica » Technology Lab

The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

/in

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony  —  I wrote earlier about how the new PROTECT IP Act guts parts of the DMCA, but as you dig deeper, it’s looking even worse.  The original (and now updated) article focused on the use of the term “interactive computer service …

Read more