Keystroke logging

keylogging is another form of spyware but it deserves its own section as its one of the most harmful forms of hacking out there. Yes, it’s one of the rarest forms of spyware but when successful it’s one of the most useful tricks to a hacker. Keyloggers have both lawful/ethical and unlawful/unethical uses, and in this paper we will be focussing on the unlawful and unethical applications. Cyber criminals use Keylogging technology to capture identities and other confidential information such as passwords and much more. Keylogging falls into four categories, Hardware, software, wireless intercept and acoustic. For the purpose of this paper we will be focussing on the software, wireless and acoustic categories. Software Keyloggers capture keystroke information as it passes between the computer and the OS. They are implemented as traditional applications in almost all malicious instances of this type, also users participate in some way in the software’s installation. Keylogging applications utilise a hooking mechanism to be able to capture keyboard data. When hackers want to access someone’s data through keylogging, keylogging software will intercept the data from the keyboard, write a copy to a local log file then it forwards the information to the operating system. Unfortunately, the unsuspecting user has no clue on what’s going because everything looks normal. Wireless keyboard intercept. The definition is in the name, it’s when a hacker intercepts the frequency…

William Blue also known as Billy Blue was born in 1767 in Jamaica, New York City. However, in 1796 Blue was living in Deptford, London, working as a chocolate maker and a labourer in ships in the River Thames. Later that year on the 4th October at Maidstone, Kent, Blue was convicted of stealing raw sugar and was sentenced to seven years’ transportation. Blue was travelling onboard a convict ship called Minorca with 297 other convicts. The convicts were housed below deck, in tiny confined spaces…

illegal deforestation exceeds the percentage of legal deforestation. For the most part, however, it is left ignored. Not only has this led to a faster decline of the worldwide tree populations, but several other issues have arisen involving the environment around the deforested area and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Because deforestation is legal in the US and surrounding countries, most arguments concerning this process that arise are quickly shut down. Illegal logging, another word…

is the global phenomenon of clearing forests that make a huge impact on the environment. The impact of the phenomenon is so huge and vastly spread that almost all aspects of our life get affected by deforestation. The responses are really relevant and significant. Their responses also show the presence of depth and breadth of knowledge on this particular issue. The second question involves the discussion on finding proper causes and their effects of deforestation. Mary thinks that there are…

place, up here – the loggers and the woodland caribou, the owls and the elk. We are all hanging on up here and I hope we always will be.” Bass sees logging as a vital element in the system of his place but he can also see the forest for the trees. He knows that opening the last cores, or road-less wilderness areas, for the use of big timber companies will leave both the loggers and the wilderness in worse shape. According to Bass the Forest Service is the world’s largest road building company…

destroying the ecosystem and causing animals to go extinct. People are desperate for money and jobs but that is not a reason to destroy all of their natural resources. They are using natural resources at a rate higher than ever before. Ecosystems in Latin america are dying off because the things that they need to survive are being sold as profit or there homes are being turned into crop lands or pastures. If we don't preserve what we have now there will be nothing left for future generations of…

deforestation; these four main vices are the cause of this problem. The world’s forests are complex ecosystems that are rapidly being depleted. According to the World Wildlife Fund, forests make up thirty-one percent of the planet. The forests are responsible with providing the world’s oxygen supply, carbon removal, and consist of hundreds of endangered plants and animals. Some of the causes of deforestation are clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching, pollution, logging, and fire. Around…

enough; specific communities have been forced to take aggressive measures. The Amazon Basin and its forests are said to be in danger from ventures such as hydroelectric dams, and more specifically, illegal logging. The Ka’apor Indians, an indigenous society in Northern Brazil, have made a stand to try to stop illegal logging in their area. This community is a tribe of an estimated 2,200 people who are fighting for their forest as a militia with aggressive confrontation. As for the illegal…

Technical Analysis - Zeus The Zeus Trojan virus has many different names. This virus continues to evolve, but the damage it causes has always been the same. It first appeared in 2007 on the internet, infecting Windows computers. “According to [23], a 2009 survey found that Zeus had compromised more than 74,000 FTP accounts on websites of businesses worldwide, including NASA, Bank of America, ABC, Business Week, Oracle, Amazon, and Monster.com. After execution, Zeus automatically gathers any…

It is one of the key features to test penetration included in Kali. Furthermore, Kali includes Armitage, which is a Metasploit tool which allows a team to share sessions, hosts, event logs and most importantly share access to their exploited hosts. Bots, which can be written using a language called Cortana, can also be utilized to further assist in exploitation using Armitage. Armitage will also check and see which exploits are viable and effective on your targeted machine. Once the initial…