A Keylogger is a tool that is used to capture keystrokes and other sensitive details from a target computer such as Pin codes, Passwords and System Information and send the collected details to the attacker without the knowledge of the victim. Keyloggers poses a big threat to business transactions such as E-commerce, email chats, online banking or the system database. There are legitimate uses for keylogger including parents monitoring their children and employers keeping an eye on the employees to make sure that they are working at the office time. This paper gives description about keyloggers, its types, the method they use and also how can we prevent the attack of a keylogger.
Keylogger, Software keylogger, Monitoring, Capturing
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