Mouse Underlaying: Global Key and Mouse Listener Based on an Almost Invisible Window with Local Listeners and Sophisticated Focus

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Title: Mouse Underlaying: Global Key and Mouse Listener Based on an Almost Invisible Window with Local Listeners and Sophisticated Focus
Authors: Witte, Tim Niklas
ORCID of the author: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-9483
Abstract: Keyloggers are serious threats for computer users both private and commercial. If an attacker is capable of installing this malware on the victim’s machine then he or she is able to monitor keystrokes of a user. This keylog contains login information. As a consequence, protection and detection techniques against keyloggers become increasingly better. This article presents the method of Mouse Underlaying for creating a new kind of software based keyloggers. This method is implemented in Java for testing countermeasures concerning keylogger protection, virtual keyboard, signatures and behavior detection by anti-virus programs. Products of various manufacturers are used for demonstration purposes. All of them failed without an exception. In addition, the reasons why these products failed are analyzed, and moreover, measures against Mouse Underlaying are developed based on the demonstration results.
Citations: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety, 5 , 15, EAI, 2018, 15
URL: https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-20181105738
Subject Keywords: Computer security; Information security; Keylogger; Malware; Mouse Underlaying; Security; Spyware
Issue Date: 15-Oct-2018
License name: Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschland
License url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
Type of publication: Einzelbeitrag in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift [article]
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