On Sun, 29 May 2005 21:53:12 +0300, the renowned "Markku Grönroos"
wrote:
>
>"Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti viestissä
>news:dinj9199q3sf136iictn2h80dr1qr8is6c@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 29 May 2005 17:34:32 +0300, the renowned "Markku Grönroos"
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti viestissä
>> >news:7oji91les4nsjrhhlquhkpega20ionj86l@4ax.com...
>> >> On Sun, 29 May 2005 12:05:41 +0800, the renowned Chris Blunt
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Say, does anyone have thoughts on improving the security of accessing
>> >> various sites that require passwords from internet cafes etc? Is there
>> >> any way to protect yourself from password-grabbing programs?
>> >>
>> >And how are they supposed to "grab" (encrypted) passwords ?
>> >
>>
>> Ummm... they're only (hopefully) encrypted when they leave the browser
>> in the expected manner.
>>
>> Compromise the computer and you can capture keystrokes, save them, or
>> send them anywhere in the world. You can even do it with an external
>> hardware wedge, and no software running on the target machine at all.
>>
>> http://www.keyghost.com/
>> http://www.pestpatrol.com/Support/About/About_KeyLoggers.asp
>> http://www.key-logger.org/
>>
>Heh heh! You can intrude into my machine and steal any data as you wish.
May I have the contents of your bank accounts too? ;-)
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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