MASTERKEY – USB WIFI KEYLOGGER

Keylogger, a short form for keystroke logger, is a type of monitoring or digital surveillance tool (software or hardware) that is primarily used to record (log) keyboard keystrokes made by the user of the host computer. They are more advanced in recent times and are sometimes also used to log mouse clicks, touches, etc., typically in a covert manner that ensures the user doesn’t know their actions are being monitored.

While the most popular use of keyloggers is in malicious applications to perpetrate unlawful acts like; collecting personal information like credit card numbers, user names, passwords, etc., legitimate uses for them do exist with, parents using it to monitor their kid’s online activity, ethical hackers/law enforcement agents using it to analyze and track incidents linked to the use of personal computers, and employers using them to ensure employees stay on task.

While software-based keyloggers are more popular because they are less conspicuous, hardware-based keyloggers also have their applications, a good example of which is the employer-employee scenario described above. There are a lot of DIY hardware-based keyloggers on the internet but the recently shared USB WiFi Keylogger by KoKo is one of the most interesting I’ve seen in a while.

The USB WiFi Keylogger is capable of sniffing keypresses sent from a USB keyboard to a computer and presenting them to the attacker/monitoring entity over WiFi.

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