Keyloggers are silent cyber threats

16 Jun 2023 · 0 min

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This content was created by Robert Siciliano. This content was uploaded by Robert Siciliano. This is a YouTube video titled "Keyloggers are silent cyber threats" (uploaded June 16, 2023). It contains an informational segment by a single speaker describing hardware keyloggers — their capacity (up to ~4,000 pages of captured text), common locations where they're found (office environments, public computers such as libraries and hotel business-center PCs), and misuse examples (students plugging them into teachers' PCs to obtain test information or alter grades).

Keyloggers are hardware, and this particular device will record up to 4,000 pages of text. We see these in office environments. We also see keyloggers at public computers, such as at a library, in business center PCs at hotels, and we've also seen students, kids, plugging them into the back of teachers' PCs at school to get testing information and to get access to the school's main computer so they can change their grades.