A new device has been introduced to the marketplace that is a huge danger to anyone who uses a PC that is not theirs. It is known as a key tracker and it sits between the keyboard and the PC. As can be seen in the pictures it is very discreet but is probably one of the most dangerous items of equipment to personal information that is readily available.

These devices record every key that is pressed on the keyboard. Due to it's position (it sits between the keyboard and the PC) the information is logged by the tracker before the PC knows about it and as such is very difficult for the PC to detect. They are available in both USB and PS2 formats so pretty much any PC can be logged. The user puts the tracker in line, leaves it there for a set amount of time and then retrieves it. They can then download the data onto their own PC.

If you intend to use a PC that is not yours (ie hotel business centre, internet café, airport etc) I would advise looking at the back of the PC to see if one of these trackers has been placed in line (scrambling under a desk is the better alternative to losing your email details). If you cannot get to see the back of the PC, I would suggest you don't use it for anything personal. If a tracker is there and you do not notice it, whoever placed it there (could be any user of that PC before you) will be able to recall all of your keystrokes - logins, passwords etc.

Anyone saw this device before???

This post has been edited by mcchen: Apr 11 2007, 05:40 PM

duh... this is soooo 1990's...

the device has been there for gabazillion years

it came before phishing and key logging software are popular

nowadays, only fools would be caught with that device

not only it's CRUDE, BIG and EASILY NOTICABLE, nowadays, most keyboards are USB which renders it useless

and if you say USB key logging device is the next? nope. never. not possible. coz windows will be able to detect the usb device and report it to the user

kkekek.. realli ah? i didn't know tat yalor... now everything use software can hack liao

lol i just know about this thing... mean if a hacker want do sumthing hack..

he might make the "thing into a brand new keyboard" then ma die..

i really dunno about this hardware keylogger, just know got software keylogger only

then he still need to acquire the data from the device, which he needs to remove physically and connect to a data logger

the extracted information doesn't help much. it's just whatever ascii that you have entered and is in a big mess of jumbled up characters

extracting useful information is time consuming, not forgetting to say the device lacks memory, which is useful only for like 100+k characters or something like that

that's why software is the way to go now. it even detects which sites you go and even sequence your data entry and makes data mining much much much easier. even a n00b can do it

why u need that big fat thing behind yr casing while software can be easily invisible

that one make it at any CC ma.

haha.. yahlorr.. easy just plugin to the PC and ready to go.. no need install

LOL, I thought something new when read the topic, this is as old as when USB was first introduced