A software (and sometimes hardware) module which perform keystroke logging (more often called keylogging or "keyloggers"), which is the action of tracking (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are ...
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Reseting my computer to uninstall LogKext
My friend downloaded LogKext on my computer, so I'm guessing he can see every keystroke, but I've reset my computer so that it's in a condition when I first opened from the box.
Can my friend still ...
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Android soft keyboard architecture
I am new to Android. I am trying to figure out how exactly a soft keyboard on an Android device works. What exactly is the 'behind the scenes' process that takes place so that the application is ...
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Task Manager and Keyloggers
I know that some of the best keyloggers can't be viewed from the Task Manager.
Where can one see if such keyloggers are running on the system? Will they be in the Windows Services or are they hidden ...
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Keyloggers and Email Accounts [duplicate]
This morning, I was experimenting with some keyloggers and noticed that they have a feature to send e-mails to the attacker.
How can these e-mails be intercepted? Let us say that I have a packet ...
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Protection against screenshot key loggers [duplicate]
I was thinking of creating an on-screen keyboard to protect against keyloggers. The main problem is that I have found that there is a category of keloggers, called screenshot key loggers, which are ...
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How do i protect my self from “Form grabbing” attack?
I'm writing a simple piece of security software - I'm interested in attack techniques and especially in how to protect my users from this attack?
From wiki I can see how its works: it hooks the API ...
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non-periodic event detection
I'm searching for keylogger detection. As far as I see, almost all of keyloggers created by tools are sending data to a host periodically, but the ones made by coders may send data non-periodically. ...
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How to detect KeyLogger on Mac OS X ?
I have a Mac OS X computer and I want to know if it has installed a Keylogger or something that control what I'm doing: when I switch on/off the computer, what I install on it, etc.
How can I know ...
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keylogger detection by listening network
It is known that malware often uses keyloggers. Also some viruses aren't detected by antiviruses, therefore some viruses, especially APTs could stay in a system for so long without any detection. What ...
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How to study the packets sent by a keylogger
One of my friends runescape account got hacked through key-logger. He downloaded a runescape gold generator from a file sharing site and tried to use it.
I have a strong doubt that it is a key-logger. ...
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Does overlaying the mouse on a virtual numeric keyboard really protect against keyloggers?
I just saw for the first time a new way to enter a password, at the Banque Postale (French Bank). You are given a virtual numeric keyboard and to type you can just leave the mouse cursor over a number ...
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How to solve race condition in 2-factor authentication solutions like RSA Security tokens or Google Authenticator?
One of the reasons we opt to use 2-factor authentication is to minimize the impact of keyloggers. The theory is that even if an attacker is able to observe the user type in the token numbers, they ...
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How can a novice find proof of a system compromise?
I am almost certain a colleague has installed a keylogger on my system. I am totally new to IT security, but have substantial linux / windows / programming experience.
The system I believe is ...
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Can I protect against keylogging by using the mouse?
Can I protect against keylogging by using the mouse? For example, to enter the password hunter2, I might do the following:
type ttter2
select the first tt and press ← Backspace
type hun
To a ...
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How effective is Windows Task Manager at identifying keyloggers?
I just hit upon an idea I have used in the past to distinguish between two instances of the same program, one of which was hung. While Task Manager is open and visible and sorted by CPU usage, I pick ...
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Will antivirus detect all keyloggers?
Our company schedules Security Training courses for our personnel.
In order for us to test them, we develop code such as keyloggers which we email to our personnel to detect stupid personnel, and of ...
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Iframe javascript Keylogger
Is it possible for a website to have a javascript keylogger and also contain an iframe that goes to a "client" site.
Can the the JS log all key strokes done on the client site?
Can the (host) iframe ...
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What are some ways to steal a password/PIN using this system?
http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/2007/posters/p147_lim.pdf
Essentially uses an on-screen keypad that does not show the complete keypad numbers at a time. The image is refreshed at the rate of the ...
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Keyboard sniffing through audio recorded typing patterns
I've been thinking about this for a while; I know people are aware of wireless wiretapping of keyboards. However, has there been research on how to wiretap keyboards based on typing patterns? I'm ...
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Keyloggers and Performance Benchmarks
I don't know very much about keyloggers; but I thought I'd be able to detect the presence of one by writing a program to simulate keystrokes (in Windows) and recording the throughput, then repeating ...
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My bank makes me enter my password using the mouse. What's up with that?
Internet banking login process for Westpac requires user to enter the password using the mouse. It's annoying, what's up with that? Is it just to try and stop keyloggers on public computers or is ...
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What are the technial and programming requirements for writing a stealth keylogger? [closed]
I'm planning to write/code one such stealth keylogger that would bypass detection by a certain antivirus. (I don't want to name the vendor as I know how good Google queries are against StackExchange ...
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Profiling hackers with keystroke dynamics
I am writing a research paper on tracking hackers and how to include keystroke timings to create a profile of hackers.
I want to combine the keystroke timings that I capture in ttylog with other data ...
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Can Keyloggers get passwords from Windows 7/8 Logon Screen?
If yes, do you know some examples of Keyloggers capable of perform this?
EDIT: I mean when logon in the windows right after power on the PC and/or when locked with Win+L.
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Can web application do anything to prevent risk from client-side malware?
Client side malware (keyloggers, screenscrapers etc.) is a great risk. It can't be effectively stopped from side of ordinary application. Only users themselves can do some measures to prevent risk ...
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does Avast SafeZone actually make a difference?
SafeZone is a feature in Avast Anti-Virus which is like a virtual machine that only has a web broswer. The benifit of this is that it can't be infected with spyware and isn't suseptible to keylogers. ...
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What's a free recommended anti-spyware program for Windows? [closed]
Its been years since I installed an anti-spyware program. Keyloggers and other nasties might have gotten installed and so I'm looking for a program to flush them out. I used to use Spybot-S&D, but ...
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Are more passwords breached via dictionary/bf attacks or via packet-sniffers/key-loggers?
This question has always intrigued me whenever the subject of passwords is brought up. Does anyone have direct experience or a reputable source to answer what percentage of password breaches are ...
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Reading keystrokes of other applications
Is it possible for other application running in the OS to read the keystrokes that my application uses?
What about mouse events and window handles?
Is there any security wall that the OS uses to ...
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How is something as simple as a keylogger detected on a computer?
I found one online, which I wanted to try out at my house and see if it actually worked. It's written in C, and it is not very big at all considering half of it is just a bunch of cases for which key ...
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Keyloggers on Smartphones?
I need to clarify my question. I'm wondering if there are any apps for smartphone that can log each 'keystroke' (i.e. key pressed on touchscreen) that a user does. Performing a google search brings up ...
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Can I determine if my computer has a key logger installed?
A friend of mine just started a job at a security sensitive company. They've provided him with a laptop with Windows XP Professional installed. He's heard a rumor from other employees that the laptops ...
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what is the best keylogger for security uses?
Today we were robbed. A thief come to our home at night and stole some stuff including my brother's laptop.
I think that the right thing to do is to download a keylogger on my PC, just in case...
I ...
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How to test if a browser add-on is safe
I came across this plug-in that started some alarm bells ringing. The add-on would help submit a website to web directories. The first 100 submissions are free, then you need to pay $20 via pay-pal ...
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How does a flash pathogen manage to act as a key logger?
It has been mentioned in security forums that the latest malware pathogens permit malefactors to record your keystrokes and send them to a server. As a result I've put a command in my ~/.profile to ...
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How easily are keyloggers foiled?
I was wondering exactly how powerful can keyloggers be?
For example someone wanted to access his bank account (which of course is through HTTPS), he will "enter" his password using a combination of
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Is making a clean install enough to remove potential malware?
Is formatting the disk and reinstalling the system from scratch (to Ubuntu) enough to remove any potential hidden software spyware, keyloggers etc.?
Or can something still persist installed in the ...
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How can I avoid my password being harvested by key loggers from internet cafes?
During traveling, especially in poor countries, sometimes you are going to need to use the internet at an internet cafe and you really can't be sure whether anyone has installed anything to listen to ...
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Statistics on purposes of viruses/malware
Are there any resources that analyze the purpose or goal or the major viruses/malware out in the wild today? For example, what percentage are used to construct botnets (for DDoS or something else)? ...
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Recommend Keylogger for Ubuntu?
I purchased a new laptop recently, and I'm working on hardening it. Specifically, I'm interested in increasing my chances of recovering the machine in the event that it's ever stolen. The system ...
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Keystrokes to text converter method? (from an audio file, from previously recorded sounds of keystrokes)
I have an e.g.: WAV file that contains the sounds of a man typing on his keyboard (English or any language)
How can I convert this WAV file to a TXT file? I mean are there any scripts/programs that ...
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Keyboards immune to signal monitoring?
Reading a couple questions and answers here recently got me to thinking.
Wireless keyboards run the inherent risk of exposing their data due to the relatively broad transmission range, and the ease ...
