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What Is A Keylogger? Definition, Types, Examples and Prevention

Heimadal Security

A keylogger is a software or hardware component that records everything typed on your computer’s keyboard. The term ‘keylogger’ comes from ‘keystroke logging’, the act of recording (logging) the keys that are pressed on a keyboard, usually without the user knowing that their actions are being watched. The post What Is A Keylogger?

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What is a keylogger?

Malwarebytes

A blog post published earlier this year posed the question "Is Grammarly a keylogger?" Whether or not you like what Grammarly does, Grammarly is not a keylogger, according to the way that term is used by the security industry. This begs the question: exactly what is a keylogger, then?

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Massive Typosquatting Campaign Uses over 200 Fake Domains

Heimadal Security

The massive malicious campaign is using over two hundred fake websites that mimic twenty-seven well-known brands to spread information-stealing malware, banking trojans, keylogger, and others. What Is Typosquatting Typosquatting is done by registering a domain name that resembles the one used […].

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Weekly Update 99

Troy Hunt

If you have any great ideas about what I should be doig for the first triple-digit episode, share it in the comments below. The JavaScript Keyloggers course is now live! Gold Security is sponsoring my blog again this week (big thanks to another long-time sponsor!). Just read that thread I link to in the references below, wow.

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BlackMamba: Using AI to Generate Polymorphic Malware

Security Boulevard

This powerful and versatile tool can be used for everything from answering simple questions to instantly composing written works to developing original software programs, including malware — the latter of which introduces the potential for a dangerous new breed of cyber threats. Once a device was infected, we needed a way to get data back out.

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Malspam campaign uses icon files to delivers NanoCore RAT

Security Affairs

This file format abuse is similar to what we have seen previously.” Unlike in the previous blog, there is no need for the extension of the recent attachments to be renamed to something else other than.zipx or.zip just for their executables to be extracted using 7Zip.” The emails use a. zipx file attachment, a.

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Coyote: A multi-stage banking Trojan abusing the Squirrel installer

SecureList

What caught our attention was the sophisticated infection chain that makes use of various advanced technologies, setting it apart from known banking Trojan infections. The developers of banking Trojan malware are constantly looking for inventive ways to distribute theirs implants and infect victims. Coyote does things a little differently.

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