A security researcher rebuts Microsoft and Google's claims that a massive industry-wide phishing operation was responsible for stealing the recently leaked webmail credentials. New arguments point to the discovered lists being the work of keyloggers.A few days ago, Microsoft confirmed the authenticity of a list ... |
8 October 2009
07:58 GMT |
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Slashdot reports that Apple keyboards are vulnerable to hackers' attacks due to the complexity of their inner workings, which include RAM and flash memory. According to the report, the hack can potentially place keyloggers and malware directly into the device's firmware. To make matters even worse, the auth... |
3 August 2009
08:49 GMT |
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Everybody is afraid of keyloggers like they were the ultimate privacy invading monsters. But what about willingly installing a keylogger on your computer, just to see what everyone else is doing. Or just to have proof that something fishy is going on and it is not you. How about installing a keylogger on your kid... |
21 February 2009
09:01 GMT |
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ProteMac, the company responsible for the network traffic logger – ProteMac Meter, has introduced a new product called ProteMac KeyBag. The application is intended for interception and recording of everything that is entered from the keyboard on your Mac. ProteMac claims its new product works in hidden mode, be... |
15 December 2008
08:28 GMT |
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CyberSpy Software, LLC, has been allowed to resume sales of their RemoteSpy product after the judge decided to dissolve the preliminary injunction, originally requested by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The company argued in court that its license agreement prohibited the use of the software for illegal purposes... |
9 December 2008
10:33 GMT |
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Two Swiss researchers have demonstrated, in James Bond-like experiments, that sniffing the keystrokes from a wired keyboard is possible by capturing the electromagnetic radiations that are emitted when the keys are pressed. The researchers devised four methods of attack, one of which successfully decodes the pressed ... |
21 October 2008
05:41 GMT |
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A new spear phishing scam is currently in progress as lots of companies have received fake emails apparently sent by the US Tax Court that ask recipients to click on a link included in the message body. Security company McAfee has also received an email of this kind. According to Kevin McGhee, such attacks are usuall... |
23 May 2008
02:43 GMT |
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A Swiss vulnerability testing laboratory, Dreamlab Technologies, developed a method of intercepting the keystrokes coming from a wireless Microsoft keyboard. Microsoft's product is using the 27 MHz radio spectrum for computer communication, and the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000/2000 keyboard is no exce... |
5 December 2007
05:10 GMT |
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I must admit I wasn't sure that this is something to write about because I never agreed with spyware applications, keyloggers or other programs used to monitor a user's computer. Because we're talking about privacy and since a user accesses his personal system, you don't have the right to read his... |
6 November 2007
09:03 GMT |
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Keyloggers are dangerous tools that hackers use to steal data. They can get your account and passwords and anything else they like. Keyloggers simply record everything that you type and give the hacker access to a text file containing the stored key strokes. As you can see, they can be pretty dangerous. So why not st... |
10 September 2007
09:59 GMT |
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