An analysis of Key Logger

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  • The suggested idea Key loggers, also known as keystroke loggers, are products that record or track the keys you press on your console, frequently secretly so that you are unaware that your actions are being monitored. Most people prefer to just see the negative aspects of this programme, but it also has useful applications. Other than being used for revenge purposes such as collecting account information, visa numbers, customer names, passwords and other personal information, to monitor and investigate the activities of children at home or in the office, or law enforcement-related cases can also be used to track computer use. [1] Key loggers' main objective is to interfere with the events that lead up to the information being
    displayed on the screen as a result of pressing a key. Key loggers can be used for both legal and illegal purposes; it just depends on the user. Key loggers can be used by system administrators for systems, i.e., for identifying suspicious users. Key recorders are a tool that computer forensics analysts can use to assist in the analysis of digital media. Keyloggers are a great tool for monitoring ongoing offences. Keystroke recorders can be used to create a log of every keystroke that is typed. Sometimes key loggers are used as a spying device to steal information from both public and private organizations.[2]

  • Date created
    2023-04-01
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  • Type of Item
    Report
  • DOI
    https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-031s-3c89
  • License
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International