Samsung Laptops - Now With Secret Keyloggers?

In Network World's Security Strategies Alert newsletter, Mohammed Hassan details his discovery of StarLogger keyloggers on several different Samsung laptops. Keyloggers record every keystroke on a computer's keyboard and email them to a recipient. This keylogger was hidden and pre-loaded on the computers he tested, making it a significant step beyond the "Sony BMG rootkit fiasco" from 2005. There, keyloggers were loaded onto users' computers from music CDs ... Full Story »

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Why publish a story with such a strong claim before verifying all information? The headline of the story is still unchanged even after they have updated the story itself to indicate that this claim has proven to be false.

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