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A Novel Approach to Deal with Keyloggers


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1 Department Of Computer and Information Technology, Foolad Institute of Technology, Foolad Shahr, Isfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
 

Keyloggers have been widely used by hackers as a tool to steal information and passwords from users in e-commerce. The malware security software has also grown but keylogger grow too. This article reviews some of the techniques used by hackers to spread Keyloggers and bypass various security techniques by using advanced Keyloggers and finally, we describe a novel approach to deal with Keyloggers. This approach, capable of dealing with the most advanced Keyloggers, and greatly reduces damage caused by Keyloggers.

Keywords

Keyloggers, Malware, Virtual Keyboard, Social Engineering.
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Mehdi Dadkhah
Department Of Computer and Information Technology, Foolad Institute of Technology, Foolad Shahr, Isfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mohammad Davarpanah Jazi
Department Of Computer and Information Technology, Foolad Institute of Technology, Foolad Shahr, Isfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


Keyloggers have been widely used by hackers as a tool to steal information and passwords from users in e-commerce. The malware security software has also grown but keylogger grow too. This article reviews some of the techniques used by hackers to spread Keyloggers and bypass various security techniques by using advanced Keyloggers and finally, we describe a novel approach to deal with Keyloggers. This approach, capable of dealing with the most advanced Keyloggers, and greatly reduces damage caused by Keyloggers.

Keywords


Keyloggers, Malware, Virtual Keyboard, Social Engineering.