keylogger
Typing surveillance software
A keylogger is software or hardware that records every keystroke made on a computer or device, often without the user's knowledge.
Keyloggers have legitimate uses—parents monitoring children's activity, employers tracking productivity—but they're commonly associated with spyware and identity theft, capturing passwords and sensitive information: The breach was traced to a keylogger installed months earlier.
Hidden surveillance program
- rootkitHidden unauthorized access software
- backdoorHidden bypass mechanism
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
worm · botnet · adware · scareware · infection · malicious · payload · stealth
Single keyboard input
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- two-factorAuthentication using paired credentials
- encryptionConverting data into code
- antivirusMalware detection program
firewall · VPN · cybercrime
Hardware's permanent programming
- USBDevice connection standard
- acousticRelating to sound
- electromagneticInvolving electric and magnetic fields
spyware
Hidden surveillance program
- rootkitHidden unauthorized access software
- backdoorHidden bypass mechanism
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
virus · worm · botnet · adware · scareware · infection · malicious · payload · stealth · RAT
keystroke
Single keyboard input
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- recordingCaptured audio or video
phishing
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- two-factorAuthentication using paired credentials
- encryptionConverting data into code
antivirus · firewall · VPN · cybercrime
firmware
Hardware's permanent programming
- USBDevice connection standard
- acousticRelating to sound
- electromagneticInvolving electric and magnetic fields
- privacyprivacy, private, seclusion, confidentiality, solitude
- tech problemsbug, paper jam, low ink, dropped calls, bugs
- trackerslocation tracker, pet tracker, car tracker, phone tracker, fitness tracker
- cybersecurityantivirus, malware, firewall, firewalls, encryption
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, hacking, virus, ransomware
- cyberattacksmalware, phishing, ransomware, hack, virus