What is Keyloggers and How Does It works ?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝  𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 ?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝  𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 ?

A Keylogger is a type of spyware that can be used to track and log the keys you strike on your keyboard, capturing any information typed. Keyloggers are insidious because you don't know they are there, watching and recording everything you usually type.

 How do keylogging activities benefit cybercriminals ???

 The data captured can include your personal and financial information, PIN codes and account numbers , credit card numbers, usernames, passwords and other sensitive data - all of which can used to be commit fraud or identify theft.

      : - Keyloggers can be software or Hardware. Software is more common. The majority of keyloggers are used to capture payment cards data you might be entered online with any device. Once captured , your data can be retrieved by the person on the other end of the keylogger program.

Many keyloggers have their Root-Kit functionality . That means they are hiding in your system . These so called Trojan-Spy programs can track user activity such as - including keystrokes and screenshots we take & then save the data to your hard disk, and forward the information to Cybercriminals.

 An Example of Hardware - based keylogger overlay on an ATM. Every time a bank customer presses the buttons on the criminal's fake keypad - thinking that it's legitimate ATM keypad - the keylogger records the keystrokes and forwards the information to the cybercriminal....

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