A driver privilege-escalation bug gives attackers kernel-mode access to millions of PCs used for gaming. Millions of devices running the HP Omen Gaming Hub were using on a driver with a bug that could give attackers access without administrator privileges. HP has since released a patch, but a new report details how the gaming software was built in part by copying code from a problematic open-source driver called WinRing0.sys. The bug comes amid a wave of attacks aimed at gamers across all sorts of platforms.”]
Source: https://threatpost.com/hp-omen-hub-gamers-cyberattack/169739/