Friday, October 24, 2014
WHAT IS KEYLOGGER? AND HOW TO BE SAFE FROM KEYLOGGERS
I am
going to talk about the most use piece of software besides from RAT by hackers
to observe your activities on your computer and that is keyloggers. A keylogger
is a software or hardware device which monitors each and every key typed by you
on your keyboard. I am going to talk about different types of keylogger and how
to be safe from keyloggers. So lets learn somthing about keyloggers.
1. What
is keylogger ?
You
might have heard about keyloggers but really dont know what they are reading
this article will clear your mind. A keylogger also know as keystroke logger is
software or hardware device which monitors each and every key typed by you on
your keyboard. You can not identify the presence of keylogger on your computer
since it runs in background and also it is not listed in task manager or
control panel. It can be used by parents to keep eye on their childrens or
company owner to spy on their employes.
2. How it can harm you ?
In
this section i will talk about how keylogger can harm you in different ways for
example It can be used by your enemy or friend to get sensitive information
such as your username and password, Bank credit card details, or any other
activities you do on your computer.
Example:
You login in to your Facebook account from a computer in which keylogger is
install then your username and password will be captured.
3. Types of
keyloggers
There
are two types of keylogger hardware keylogger and software keylogger. Software
keylogger is install in your computer where as a Hardware keylogger is attached
to your keyboard. Looking at below images will clear your mind.
4.
How to Protect yourself from keyloggers ?
Keylogger can be used by your enemy to get sensitive information such as your
Bank credit card details, or password of any social networking sites etc. In
order to be safe keep following points in your mind.
Never
use your online banking from cyber cafe. If you want to use then you can try
this method. open notepad and type anything Then copy and paste each word that
comes in your username or password.
You
can even use above method to protect your facebook profile, yahoo or gmail id.
When
you enter cyber cafe make sure that no hardware device is attached to keyboard
wire. Its look something similar to above image.
