Further, Silk's split architecture uses a pipelined, multiplexing protocol that can send all the content over a single connection.

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Once the victim received a text message that included a certain protocol, the malware would send the collected data back to the command-and-control server.

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With a bit of work, Teusink reverse engineered the communication protocol that Logitech device used to send commands to the PC, and eventually adapted it to the more modern R400 Logitech controller.

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