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Most Secure ways to to authorize clients on their devices that are remotely connected by (AnyDesk, TeamViewer, etc...) without knowing the password
My case is I'm designing an app based on chromium browser powered by Electron .
And I need sometimes to log the clients in with some web apps. The password is only visible as dots in browsers by ...
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How do keyloggers tell it's a password? (And how to fool them.)
This question also applies to clipboard monitoring.
Imagine you are planning to deploy 100,000 copies of a Windows trojan with keylogger functionality. (For the record, I'm not talking about myself ...
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Need Security advice on virtualization and windows security
I have a little doubt about the security of my virtual machine and Windows. Can anyone please point me in right direction?
Below is my what, how and why I made my virtual machine.
Let me tell you what ...
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How to detect ELSA installation on Windows?
ELSA is a CIA tool used to track down location of any Windows and of its current user through Wi-Fi environment tracking.
This tracking is operating, whatever the Windows GUI says about the Wi-Fi ...
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Found KeyLogger in Windows 10 OS?
I was Running Yara, The pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers on the Windows 10.
I ran a scan using rules from Yara Rules from YARA Rules Github and MalwareConfig rules.
I stumbled ...
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How to detect a keylogger in a USB keyboard? Can a USB keyboard host a keylogger?
I recently got an USB keyboard. I want to investigate if the microcontroller of the keyboard may host a keylogger and how could it interact with a Windows OS. My understanding is that, once Windows ...
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Where does Windows 10 save Keyboard input? [closed]
Windows 10 seems to have a keylogger-like mechanic, according to this and this. I'm aware this is only to improve user experience. So I thought, since I can't remember my own PW that was used to ...
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Are keyboard hooks inherently malicious?
My software is using low-level keyboard and mouse Win32 hooks for legitimate reasons (if it's any relevant, it's for determining a change in the caret position of the active code pane in the VBA IDE).
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School's computers auto-login and can run .exe's
Before this semester, to use any computer across campus, you had to log into Windows with a username and password.
This semester, when the computers start up they auto-login to an account (with let'...
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Why are keyloggers a problem for password managers?
Reading the API definition of SetWindowsHookEx, I see
Calling the CallNextHookEx function to chain to the next hook procedure is optional, but it is highly recommended; otherwise, other ...
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Unregistering keyboard hooks by timeout expiration
I'm writing a password manager for Windows which I want to protect against keyloggers. There is a timeout of 5000 ms for keyboard hooks.
The hook procedure should process a message in less time than ...
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Does a VM keylogger listen to the keyboard activities of the host?
I am running a Windows XP virtual machine on a Windows XP host machine. I use the VM for suspicious websites and software/applications. In the case a kaylogger will be installed on my VM: will this ...
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Task Manager and Keyloggers
I know that some of the best keyloggers can't be viewed from the Task Manager.
Where can one see if such keyloggers are running on the system? Will they be in the Windows Services or are they hidden ...
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How can a novice find proof of a system compromise?
I am almost certain a colleague has installed a keylogger on my system. I am totally new to IT security, but have substantial linux / windows / programming experience.
The system I believe is ...
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Can Keyloggers get passwords from Windows 7/8 Logon Screen?
If yes, do you know some examples of Keyloggers capable of perform this?
EDIT: I mean when logon in the windows right after power on the PC and/or when locked with Win+L.
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