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Hackers installing keyloggers at a record rate

” iDefense researchers have found that keylogger infections are up 65% over the year before, putting the private data of tens of millions of users at risk.”

Keystroke loggers are bad. I’m not certain how they are tracking keystroke logger usage, but of all malware its the nastiest because its works outside the scope of your applications security (like SSL). If you do manage to have a keystroke logger installed, a firewall that restricts outbound connections can help to prevent the logger from calling home.

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Paul Asadoorian

Paul Asadoorian is currently the Principal Security Researcher for Eclypsium, focused on firmware and supply chain security awareness. Paul’s passion for firmware security extends back many years to the WRT54G hacking days and reverse engineering firmware on IoT devices for fun. Paul and his long-time podcast co-host Larry Pesce co-authored the book “WRTG54G Ultimate Hacking” in 2007, which fueled the firmware hacking fire even more. Paul has worked in technology and information security for over 20 years, holding various security and engineering roles in a lottery company, university, ISP, independent penetration tester, and security product companies such as Tenable. In 2005 Paul founded Security Weekly, a weekly podcast dedicated to hacking and information security. In 2020 Security Weekly was acquired by the Cyberrisk Alliance. Paul is still the host of one of the longest-running security podcasts, Paul’s Security Weekly, he enjoys coding in Python & telling everyone he uses Linux.

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