KEYLOGGING: The #1 Global Internet Crime

A keylogger, also called a keystroke logger, captures all of the keystrokes you make on your keyboard. A criminal can see your passwords, bank account information, credit card numbers, personal email and instant messaging conversations—any and everything that you type is covertly captured.  Even on your mobile device.

How it works is that as you type, all of your keystrokes are saved to a small file that is then silently sent to an email address, web site or waiting server. The hacker can then sift through the data, pull out all the private information needed to access your financial accounts and begin the theft.



Keyloggers are designed to steal—your login credentials, your personal data, and ultimately your money. Once your name and login information are known, it’s easy for hackers to begin the theft; keylogger-based crimes typically involve setting up wire transfers from people’s back accounts or making online purchases with stolen credit card numbers.

While other types of malware can waste system resources, conflict with valid programs and generally just slow your PC down, keyloggers are much more stealthy and are designed to hide themselves unobtrusively: you can’t tell when a keylogger is installed. The infiltration may only be discovered when mysterious charges appear on your credit card or your bank account is emptied.



Today there is a serious need and want for keystroke-encyption technology, that provides perfect protection against malicious malwares (official name: keylogging malware).  Microsoft stated that 1 out of every 14 downloads (7%) leaves malware on the client computer. Malware is a global problem, and it appears that the source of much malware is mainly Russia and China.  Last year, information security company Symantec cited Shaoxing, China as the world's malware capital.



Conventional anti-virus software solutions on the market today claim protection against malware, but these claims are misleading given the virulent and diverse nature of malware.  The fact is many, if not all, of the popular anti-virus software products on the market are inefficient in protecting users against serious and costly forms of malware, such as keylogging malware, especially "zero day" attacks. These attacks occur in real time.



CFA Defender fills the gap in the information security market today. Unlike anti-virus software used today, this is the only product that provides three critical security functions that are necessary for a secure computing environment.



A key feature of CFA Defender is a built-in self-monitoring capability. It encrypts all entered data in real time and prevents hackers from stealing important user information.  It creates a separate channel for delivering keystroke data to application message queue.  By doing so, it prevents the keystroke data from being processed by other software. Importantly, if CFA Defender is tampered with in any way by a would-be hacker, it will alert and warn the user of a potential breach.