Keylogger

Overview

A keylogger is software that captures and records keys pressed by users. Normally, when you use an application like Google Chrome, the keys you type and the buttons you press are sent directly to the app. However, keyloggers work by intercepting these actions.

When you click your mouse or press a key, an event occurs in the operating system. Windows can capture these events programmatically. A keylogger uses this feature to record keystrokes before they reach the intended application. To do this, it creates a “hook” to capture all key press events. It then records the keys that are pressed while ignoring other events.

In this project we are going to download and keylogger and show how it works. First we want to create a virtual machine and after download visual studio code community with .Net desktop environment.

Next we will download a keylogger from github.

The way this keylogger is made. As you type the text gets logged into text files. When the file size reaches 300 characters, the file gets archived and then sent to you in your email

Here we have an example of the keylogger in action as the user is logging in their Chase Bank Account. You can see how powerful this tool can be.