" Hp laptops not secure for its uers!"

" Hp laptops not secure for its users!"

~ Welcome back dear readers, today we will discuss about the recent problem or say security flaw occurred in the HP Elitebook laptop nowadays. The issue happened with it is that it compromises the personal information like passwords and other important information of the user.

~ According to the recent report from the  Swiss infosec firm named ModZero, thee HP EliteBook laptops, the update in the audio driver started acting like a keylogger. It captures and processes each and every single key pressed.It's not end here, thee horrible thing is that in the recent update it was announced behaviour of keylogger. It was found that every single keypress will be stored locally and it is found in thee file having location at C:\Userss\Public\MicTray.log. But the good thing is that, this file is cleaned every time when you log out of the system or computer.

~ But the group ModZero pointed out that if you have any type of  additional backup system in the place, you would be unknowingly constructing a long-lasting record of everything that you type daily. This group advices that all the users of the HP ELiteBook laptop "......... should check whether the program C:\Windows\System32\MicTray64.exe or C:\Windows\System32\MicTray.exe is installed."  If it is installed in laptop, it confirms the executable be deleted or renamed, in order to stop it from logging keystrokes, despite it notes that if you do this, certain special keys may not work longer. It is advised that users should delete the MicTray log file, because it might contain some sensitive information including user-name, password and other log in details.

~ According to the report of security advisers, the following is the list of those affected computers which the company had published.

    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

~ The security team reached the HP and they got the following answer from there " HP is committed to the security of its customers and we are aware of an issue on select HP PCs. We have identified a fix and will make it available to our customers too."

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