The gaming hub flaw of HP OMEN affects millions of users
1 September 2021
The cyber security firm SentinelOne has discovered a high severity flaw that affected the HP OMEN driver software. This flaw has left millions of gaming computers open to an array of attacks. Taking advantage of this vulnerability, threat actors can escalate privileges to kernel mode without administrator permissions, which can let them disable security products, overwrite system components, and corrupt the operating system.
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