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Keylogging-Killer Keyboard
3 commentsWhen I read John E. Dunn's article at TechWorld.com, "Kaspersky adds anti-keylogger keyboard," I realized Kaspersky has really hit on something here. Keylogging is an especially loathsome exploit - we all remember the Mydoom worm's Trojan that unleashed keyloggers that ended up stealing countless credit card numbers and other data. Keylogger infiltration can create major disturbances.
The idea is to thwart keystroke loggers by engaging a virtual keyboard. It's supposedly not really a new idea, but as Dunn states, "Kapersky is the first major security vendor to include such a feature in a standard Net security program." By using an on-screen keyboard (which will cache the keystrokes), users avoid entering physical keystrokes that are generated through keyboard drivers - ready for malicious programs to pick up, record and abuse.
Kaspersky's got other security features lined up for it's Anti-Virus 2009 (due later this month) but I have to say it's the virtual keyboard idea that seems the most innovative. Unless the program has major flaws, I can't see how this product will fail.
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