Of Hacks & Keyloggers – Part 1

Of Hacks & Keyloggers…!!! “I don’t know what happened!; I don’t remember visiting any dodgy websites, downloading any weird apps, opening any suspicious emails or attachments, let alone links!, why I am receiving these sms & email notifications from my Bank!?!?” Sounds familiar right? Come to think of it, in most cases the unsuspecting victim is being honest. That being said, I just remembered something; a previous write up revolving around one of the methods used to carry out this type of attack. It can happen to anyone, in fact I was once a victim!

 

 

What is a keylogger? 

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Drive-by downloads

Drive-by DownloadsIt’s 4:37 a.m, I am woken up by a continuous humming noise coming from my phone. I try to ignore the unending vibrations but after gathering the courage to get out of bed, I grabbed my phone and immediately realised the vibrations where not due to the reminders set on my phone, neither were they being triggered by an active phone call, I discovered the vibrations were due to the SMSes I kept receiving continuously.  The SMSes were being generated in real-time from my Online Banking Portal and the notifications kept

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