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White Paper This type of software is called a keylogger. Keyloggers are a serious security threat that can be extremely harmful to both businesses and consumers. Current mechanisms do not provide adequate protection to the user from... [20 Jun 2009]
'We'll block police home PC hacks': Security vendors
News Cambridge University security expert Richard Clayton told ZDNet UK on Monday that UK police were most likely to hack into computers by entering a premises and installing a keylogger on the target system. [09 Jan 2009]
Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs
News Clayton told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Monday that the most likely method for UK police to hack into computers was to enter a premises and install a keylogger on the target system. The UK government has agreed... [05 Jan 2009]
Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo Here you can see a keylogger loading itself into the Windows Registry so it boots up with the computer. Symantec threat researcher Candid Wüest's job is to rip apart the malware that the company discovers each day, look... [09 Oct 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News In other words, the next security threat that hits your organisation could be a keylogger, Trojan and 'bot' rolled into one. Malware is becoming increasingly complex, designed with multiple components that target... [02 Jul 2008]
KLASSP: Entering Passwords on a Spyware Infected Machine Using a Shared-Secret Proxy
White Paper Either malice or negligence on the part of an administrator means that any such machine can easily be running a keylogger. This paper examines the problem of entering sensitive data, such as passwords, from an untrusted... [23 May 2007]
Bank data seized in e-card scam
News Clicking on the link to view the card, however, first sends the target to a malicious website that tries to silently install keylogger software, he said. Cyber crooks are using e-cards that appear to come from a secret... [22 Sep 2006]
How serious is HSBC's online banking flaw?
News Any keylogger is likely to be part of a more complex piece of spyware. Security professionals have questioned reports of a 'serious flaw' in HSBC's online banking system. Researchers at Cardiff University claim to have... [10 Aug 2006]
Barclays signs up F-Secure for free AV package
News As banks become increasingly impregnable, an easier route for criminals is to get credentials from customers, [especially] if they are totally unaware they've downloaded a keylogger. Barclays Bank is offering F-Secure's... [30 May 2006]
Spyware thrives in the corporate space
News According to the annual Websense Web@Work survey, published on Tuesday, 17 per cent of companies with more than 100 employees have spyware - such as a keylogger - on their network. The number of companies reporting... [17 May 2006]
Spyware aims to exploit BBC and Microsoft
News Websense said in an alert: "This keylogger monitors activity on various financial websites and uploads captured information back to the attacker. Cyber criminals are spamming email messages to trick people into visiting... [31 Mar 2006]
Trojan nasties raid passwords
News A keylogger, which surreptitiously records the user's keystrokes, is installed on the computer alongside the Trojan. Two Trojan horses with distinctive traits have been flagged by security researchers: one that hijacks... [27 Mar 2006]
Opinion: Online security school now in session
Comment In reality though, I'm not as secure as I like to think I am because any one of a number of Trojan keylogger programs queuing-up at the other side of my internet firewall are just waiting for the opportunity to harvest... [24 Oct 2005]
Massive ID theft ring still operating
News Companies and individual internet users can now protect themselves against the keylogger involved in this identity theft ring by downloading a free tool from the Sunbelt website which detects and removes the malware. [25 Aug 2005]
Phishers spawn more keylogger attacks
News The keylogger programs are built specifically to capture login names and passwords for online bank accounts and to send them to the attackers, Websense Security Labs said. Each week in March and February, Websense... [05 May 2005]
