HighActive
High Risk
75%
Keylogger Spyware
Captures keystrokes to steal passwords, messages, and financial data.
#spyware#keylogger
Threat Overview
Keyloggers record keyboard input through kernel drivers, hooking APIs, or hardware implants—enabling silent credential theft over time.
Attack Behavior
- Logs credentials and messages
- Screenshots on sensitive window focus
- Exfiltrates logs on schedule
Infection Methods
- Bundled with freeware
- Dropped by loaders
- Malicious USB devices in targeted attacks
Symptoms & Indicators
- Lag during typing
- Unknown drivers in system
- Password resets without your action
Immediate Mitigation
- Scan with behavioral detection
- Use on-screen keyboard for critical resets from clean session
Removal Guidance
- Remove rootkit components in offline scan
- Rotate all typed credentials
- Check startup and driver lists
Prevention Methods
- Real-time protection
- Avoid unknown USB devices
- Application allowlisting on sensitive systems
Telemetry Indicators
- SetWindowsHookEx on keyboard threads
- Driver loads without valid publisher
Managers reduce typing exposure but clipboard and form-grabbing may still be captured. Combine with MFA and behavioral detection.