Beware of Keylogger

Oct 20th, 2008 by chuckiesd

The article that give some information of new technology for keylogger. Need to inform all the user around the world to be careful of this kind of device.

Keylogger is the a method to capture all the information that your are typing on your keyboard. Keylogger is one way that others people can captured all character that you are typing from your keyboard. It will be contain of your personal username, password, PIN number, Credit Card number, secret anwers, your mothers name information and all thing that belong of your personal detail. All this information are maybe it is very important and secret. Maybe it could be using on your personal banking info, Your credit card, your paypal or others document that really secret for you.

Keylogger is very common method that using to capture it. The most popular keylogger is using the software that installing automatically on your computer. It could be a spyware or virus that running on your computer. But nowadays the hardware keylogger is using to captured all character that you typing from your keyboard.

You know want, now they have build a device that allowed to stored all key log or character that your typing in from your keyboard. The device is calling USB/PS2 keylogger. It coming with 512KB an up to 2MB.This hardware is a small external device that will be plugged into keyboard socket or buit-in. Like this:

The function of the device is to record any key pressed each time thus creating in its internal memory copy of the text entered by the keyboard. Then all the key log or the character that type by Keyboard is save on this device and can ber read at the windows or common document such as NotePad, or wordpad.

Let say the device memory is 512KB. It can be captured more the 512000 pressed keys. It will capture for the 3 month with 8 hours working on computer daily. Can you imagine that how many secret information that they can be store. Imagine again if the device memory size is 2MB. Wow so many data or information that will be captured.

It cannot easily detect by the scanner or monitoring system and just plug and play. SO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS...

So guys..Please BEWARE of this kind of device. Take a look of any computer that your using while you around the Cyber Cafe, Hotel computer facilities, Airport or anywheres. Your information will be captured easily and it will be a bad nighmare for you all.

Below is the example of Keylogger device.

 

Source : http://www.keylogger.com.pl/en/keylogger.k2b3a.php

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KathrynDarden, over a year ago
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I had heard something similar about a device used on ATM machines, but I never thought about a device on public computers—which makes total sense. Great, helpful warning!

nittap, over a year ago
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good information… thanks…

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