Security News

It's been a terrible new-year-starting for Intel. Researchers warn of a new attack which can be carried out in less than 30 seconds and potentially affects millions of laptops globally. As Intel...

Late last week, the US Customs and Border Protection agency released an update to its Directive governing Border Searches of Electronic Devices. According to the new directive, which supersedes...

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Keylogger found in Synaptics driver on HP laptops For the second time this year, a security researcher unearthed a...

Synaptics said reports that hundreds of HP laptops contained a secret keylogger that traced back to debugger software made by the company are inaccurate.

For the second time this year, a security researcher unearthed a keylogger in a driver used on a number of HP laptops. The first time was earlier this year, when Swiss security firm modzero AG...

HP released an update that fixes debugger code that could allow an attacker to use a Synaptics Touchpad driver as a keylogger.

A researcher has discovered that a touchpad driver present on hundreds of HP laptops includes functionality that can be abused for logging keystrokes. The vendor has released patches for a vast...

HP has an awful history of 'accidentally' leaving keyloggers onto its customers' laptops. At least two times this year, HP laptops were caught with pre-installed keylogger or spyware applications....

Following the discovery of several potentially serious vulnerabilities in Intel’s Management Engine (ME), computer seller System76 announced its intention to disable the feature on its laptops...

Travelers from all over the world who plan to fly into the US will be subjected to more rigorous security checks before being allowed to board the plane, the Department of Homeland Security has...