Attacks and malware

What is Keylogger?

Malware or hardware that records what a user types, to capture passwords, messages and other sensitive input.

A keylogger records keystrokes on a device and sends them to an attacker. Software keyloggers are a common feature of remote access trojans and spyware. Hardware keyloggers sit between a keyboard and the computer.

Keyloggers capture what password managers and saved credentials do not: passwords typed by hand, messages, search queries and one-time codes entered manually.

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