Bajaj Institute of Technology, Wardha
Key Logger in Cyber Security
Introduction
• Key loggers are a type of
monitoring software designed
to record keystrokes made by a
user. One of the oldest forms
of cyber threat, these
keystroke loggers record the
information you type into a
website or application and
send to back to a third party.
Objectives
• The main objective of key
loggers is to interfere in the
chain of events that happen
when a key is pressed and
when the data is displayed on
the monitor as a result of a
keystroke.
• Either it can be hardware key
logger or software key logger.
Department of Computer Engineering
Asad Shahakar Baig
Block diagram Conclusion
• A key logger is a type of
surveillance software or
hardware device that has
capability to record every
keystroke.
• There are two types of key
logger namely hardware key
logger and software key
loggers.
References
• Shetty, S. (2005, April).
Introduction to spyware key
loggers. Security Focus.
Retrieved 27 March 2008
from
http://www.securityfocus.co
m/infocus/1829
• https://
www.researchgate.net/
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