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Keylogger
A keylogger is a type of software or hardware that records every keystroke a user makes on a keyboard. It's often used maliciously to steal sensitive information like passwords, credit card numbers, or confidential messages.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
A keylogger is a covert surveillance technology, implemented as either software or hardware, designed to monitor and record all keystrokes performed on a target computer's keyboard, facilitating unauthorized data exfiltration, credential harvesting, and espionage.
BACKGROUND
Computer security is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It focuses on protecting computer software, systems, and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information disclosure, theft, or damage to hardware, software, or data, as well as to the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.
READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIASYNONYMS & ALIASES
- Keystroke logger
- Keyboard recorder
- Input monitor
- Key capture software
- Typing recorder
USAGE NOTE
Keyloggers pose a significant cybersecurity threat, frequently deployed through phishing or malware to compromise user credentials and sensitive data.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Keylogger.
Develops antivirus and anti-malware software that specifically detects and neutralizes keyloggers as part of its comprehensive endpoint security solutions.
Offers cloud-native endpoint protection (EDR) that utilizes behavioral analysis and machine learning to detect and prevent advanced threats, including sophisticated keyloggers, on endpoints.
Through Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, it provides advanced threat protection, including the detection and prevention of keyloggers across various operating systems as part of its enterprise security offerings.
Its Cortex XDR platform provides endpoint security that includes anti-malware, behavioral analytics, and threat prevention capabilities to identify and stop keyloggers and other sophisticated attacks.
Offers an AI-powered XDR platform that detects, prevents, and remediates threats like keyloggers in real-time across endpoints, cloud, and identity infrastructures.
Provides endpoint security solutions, including advanced threat protection and anti-malware capabilities designed to detect and block keyloggers and other malicious software.
Develops endpoint protection and firewall solutions with anti-malware engines and behavioral detection technologies that identify and prevent keylogger infections and data exfiltration.
Offers extended detection and response (XDR) solutions that provide advanced threat intelligence and protection against various forms of malware, including keyloggers, across the digital landscape.