HP releases security fix after 'keylogging' discovery

Study finds a 'covert storage channel' for user keyboard inputs was packaged with laptop audio software

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Hewlett-Packard (HP) has issued a security update after it was discovered user keyboard inputs were being recorded on some of its computers.

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