Keyboards Followup / Paranoia

[Ted Gould]

On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 09:54 -0700, Nathan England wrote:

> 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?


Possible, unlikely, and for the most part undetectable.  One of the
strongest arguments for two-factor authentication.  Then a key logger of
any type isn't a compromised account.

Ted

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