{"id":58451,"date":"2017-12-12T17:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T23:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=58451"},"modified":"2017-12-13T09:12:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:12:30","slug":"security-gap-hp-laptops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/security-gap-hp-laptops\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Gap Found in Hundreds of HP Laptops"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Security Hole Found in Popular Software Used in Hundreds of HP PCs<\/h3>\n<p>According to the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hp-laptops-have-a-keylogger-bug-that-can-record-everything-you-type-2017-12\"> Business Insider<\/a>, a security researcher recently found a security vulnerability within the\u00a0Synaptics software that controls keyboard and trackpad inputs on hundreds HP laptop models.<\/p>\n<p>The security gap, is the keylogger function within the Synaptics software.\u00a0 The technology can be misused by hackers, as it tracks keystrokes, making it easy for hackers to determine various user credentials.\u00a0 Fortunately, this functionality is disabled by default.\u00a0 Therefore, the hacker would have to have physical access to the PC in order to enable the keylogging function.<\/p>\n<p>The impacted versions include the Pavilion, the EliteBook, and the ProBook.\u00a0 HP released all of the impacted models, as well as a security patch for each.\u00a0 If you are uncertain of the model number, you may check for the sticker under the device.<\/p>\n<p>To access the list and appropriate patch for the model, click <a href=\"https:\/\/support.hp.com\/us-en\/document\/c05827409\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Hole Found in Popular Software Used in Hundreds of HP PCs According to the Business Insider, a security researcher recently found a security vulnerability within the\u00a0Synaptics software that controls keyboard and trackpad inputs on hundreds HP laptop models. The security gap, is the keylogger function within the Synaptics software.\u00a0 The technology can be misused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":55127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[487,4868,1667],"class_list":["post-58451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","tag-hp","tag-security-gap","tag-security-vulnerability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Security Gap Found in Hundreds of HP Laptops<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A security vulnerability was recently found in hundreds of HP models. 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