In this post I’ll demonstrate how you can set up a simple keylogger on macOS using python. More advanced rootkits may also have capabilities beyond recording simple keystrokes, including taking screenshots and even covertly recording video and sounds using a computer’s camera and microphone. Rootkits typically run with such high privileges such that nothing is outside of their visibility. Rootkits are a particularly nasty class of malware that live at a very low level of the computer, often below where the operating system or anti-virus programs are able to detect. Software loggers are often much better concealed and are a common feature to be included in rootkits. With the advent of Bluetooth keyboards this type of logger is less common now, however Bluetooth sniffing attacks do exist. They are often characterized as a small device that physically sits between a wired keyboard and computer. Hardware loggers are usually easier to detect.

There are two primary categories of keyloggers, hardware loggers and software loggers. Meaning that every password, every private message you send, and every search you type can be recorded and read by a malicious party. Unfortunately, this type of program is usually well hidden and often go completely undetected by the victim.Īt its core, a keylogger is a device or program that logs everything you type on your computer. ⚠️ This post is for educational purposes only⚠️Ī keylogger is probably one of the last things you want on your computer. A brief look at how to covertly log user activity on macOS

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