I appreciate all of your thoughts who responded to my question about
keyboards. Thank you!
While I am positive I am on several watch lists already, I really don't
believe anyone would particularly care about my usernames and passwords
to online systems I use. But the thought occurred to me, and I like to
entertain my tinfoil hat once in a while, so what if someone were to
intercept the keyboard I purchase and place a keylogger in the firmware...
Is it possible to detect a keylogger built in the firmware of a
keyboard? Do all keyboards have firmware? What if the keyboard does not
have macros or extra keys or special keys (beyond blank keycaps)? Could
the USB cable itself be a keylogger?
How would you go about detecting that?
Seriously, I ask this tongue in cheek, but really am curious about the
answer! Thanks!
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Regards,
Nathan England
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NME Consulting Services
http://www.nmecs.com
Nathan England (
nathan@nmecs.com)
Systems Administration / Web Application Development
Information Security Consulting
(480) 559.9681
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