Hardware keyloggers have an advantage over software keyloggers as they can begin logging from the moment a computer is turned on.

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The Cryptocat Project has always stated that, with its encrypted instant messaging, it does not protect you against hardware or software keyloggers and that it does not anonymize you by default.

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This additional software often involves keyloggers that can harvest login credentials or skim credit card data.

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Last year saw a steady stream of attacks that exploited Java vulnerabilities, allowing miscreants to surreptitiously install keyloggers and other malicious software when unwitting people browsed compromised websites.

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Miscreants use these exploits to turn compromised websites into platforms for silently installing keyloggers and other types of malicious software on the computers of unsuspecting visitors.

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