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I have a mobile banking application installed on my phone which allows me to pay for things, transfer money using my phone from my account to another etc.
How safe or unsafe is this application? For example, what are the ch… Continue reading How safe/secure are banking applications on Android phones?
Apple has just announced iOS 8. The new version appears to be more extensible than previous versions, and one of the new possiblities is to allow developers to develop custom keyboards, different than the system’s default.
Android has had… Continue reading What security mechanisms are in place for iOS’ custom keyboards?
I’ve been using Terminal under Mac OS X for years but somehow missed to spot this feature:
I’m now wondering how does this actually work, and is it 100% safe? If it isn’t, what technique could be used to still get the ke… Continue reading How secure is "Secure Keyboard Entry" in Mac OS X’s Terminal?
I see that Apple patched OS X to mitigate against K. Chen’s famous Apple keyboard firmware hack.
However:
Apple keyboards can be used with computers running other operating systems; and
in any case, other manufacturers’ keyboards may be… Continue reading Keyboard firmware hack – Linux vulnerable?
I just hit upon an idea I have used in the past to distinguish between two instances of the same program, one of which was hung. While Task Manager is open and visible and sorted by CPU usage, I pick up the windows of one of… Continue reading How effective is Windows Task Manager at identifying keyloggers?
Our company schedules Security Training courses for our personnel.
In order for us to test them, we develop code such as keyloggers which we email to our personnel to detect stupid personnel, and of course we want to know wh… Continue reading Will antivirus detect all keyloggers?
I’ve been thinking about this for a while; I know people are aware of wireless wiretapping of keyboards. However, has there been research on how to wiretap keyboards based on typing patterns? I’m thinking whether microphones … Continue reading Keyboard sniffing through audio recorded typing patterns
I don’t know very much about keyloggers; but I thought I’d be able to detect the presence of one by writing a program to simulate keystrokes (in Windows) and recording the throughput, then repeating the test with an active keylogger.
I am writing a research paper on tracking hackers and how to include keystroke timings to create a profile of hackers.
I want to combine the keystroke timings that I capture in ttylog with other data from sessions, like IP address, type o… Continue reading Profiling hackers with keystroke dynamics
Is it possible for other application running in the OS to read the keystrokes that my application uses?
What about mouse events and window handles?
Is there any security wall that the OS uses to shield my application from other potential… Continue reading Reading keystrokes of other applications