Re: Keyloggers and Linux
A friend believes that someone put a h/w keylogger on her laptop.
It's certainly possible. Consider the USB flash memory device
"Micro Vault Tiny" by Sony: 1.25 inch x 0.56 inch x 0.13 inch,
and much of that is the USB connector.
My question is how likely is that the keylogger
will be effective under Linux?
The most likely mode of operation is: store keystrokes into
flash memory *whenever* they are typed. Dump the buffer
when next queried by accomplice software running on the CPU.
This could be the next boot or shutdown of Windows, or periodically.
Keystrokes under Linux would be vulnerable, particularly
on a dual-boot machine.
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