Tag: keylogger
Samsung notebooks do not come with keylogging software after all (false alarm)
It must have been a rough day for the Samsung PR department when security researcher Mohamed Hassan brought forward allegations of keylogging software coming as standard with certain notebooks. Hassan claimed to have found the StarLogger keylogger software in…
Hackers planned massive bank swindle using keyloggers
Let me tell you a story. In 2004, in the dark of night, a gang of hackers broke into Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in the City of London. With the help of a security guard who was their ‘inside man’, they crept through the dark aisles of cubicles, installing keyloggers on the PCs to record employee’s login details.
Limbo 2 Trojan "guaranteed" to evade security software. It's a phisher's wet dream
Watch out! There’s a new Trojan in town, guaranteed by its developers to constantly evade the top ten security software products.
The developers of “Limbo 2” customise each version and then sell it online for up to $1,300 a pop. Each version is unique, so it’s very difficult for anti-virus software to get a grip on it.
Once it’s out there, Limbo 2 does what any self-respecting bit of phishing software does — it steals bank details. Trouble is, this one sits on a PC and records a user logging in to a banking web site, and adds spoofed information boxes which asks users to enter more information than usual. Data is then fed back to whoever bought the software…
Wreak office-based havoc with the Phantom Keystroker from ThinkGeek
Here’s a particularly sneaky gadget, just in time for April Fool’s Day. Disguised as a random circuit board (admittedly not the most discreet choice), plug the Phantom Keystroker into your victim’s USB port and it’ll either intermittently blurt out random words and phrases or take over the mouse, depending on what you set it to.
Tap your typing with the Key Shark key logger
This little gadget could potentially be used for dubious spying activities (not real spying, obviously) and it's not exactly the most covert device around, but the Key Shark is a keyboard logging device that will record every key pressed on…
