Michael McAllister

SecurityKey Loggers

CONTENTSKeyloggers - What is a key logger? - What do they do?Security - How prevalent are they in the Computing World? - How are they avoided? - What can be done about them?Demonstration

- How easy is it to make a key logger? - How are they hidden?Conclusion

- Questions

WHAT IS A KEY LOGGER?Wikipedia: Keystroke logging (often called keylogging) is the practice of tracking (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored.

WHAT DO THEY DO?

•Log keystrokes•Either saves keystrokes to a text file and/or sends them electronically to the hacker•Captures all keystrokes (even mouse clicks) including but not limited to password and personal information

HOW PREVALENT ARE THEY IN THE COMPUTING WORLD

10,000 different keyloggers (that have been found and detected) with that number growing everyday.

New ways of tracking peoples keystrokes are being implemented everyday, such as hardware key loggers (that attach to the keyboard)

HOW ARE THEY AVOIDED?-Get a reputable, well known anti-virus /anti-spyware/anti-malware software to protect yourself-Be smart about what you download and where you download it from-Don’t open attachments from people you don’t know/trust

WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THEM?-If you suspect your keys are being logged after being on a particular website, tell the authorities-If you think a certain file is a key logger and your anti-virus is not picking it up, submit the virus to the anti-virus company for further analysis, if it really is a key logger it will be added to the database

HOW EASY IS IT TO MAKE THEM?I made this one in about an hour

HOW ARE THEY HIDDEN-Given cryptic names that look like microsoft services

HOW ARE THEY HIDDENLiterally hidden from view (i.e go into program -> properties -> Tick HiddenPut in hard to reach directories, deep in the system

QUESTIONS?