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Does keyboard encryption facility in Spyshelter works with simulated key presses of KeePass?

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2016-10-11
2016-10-13
  • abhay bhatt

    abhay bhatt - 2016-10-11

    Does keyboard encryption facility in Spyshelter works with simulated key presses of KeePass? Does anyone knows for sure?

     
  • abhay bhatt

    abhay bhatt - 2016-10-11

    Got an answer to above myself using Spyshelter's own security test tool. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't!

     
  • Paul

    Paul - 2016-10-12

    Keyboard encryption must eventually produce the real characters and any malware worth it's salt will be able to capture that data.

    cheers, Paul

     
    • abhay bhatt

      abhay bhatt - 2016-10-12

      Yeah..but that will be encrypted data.

       
  • wellread1

    wellread1 - 2016-10-12

    If the password is encrypted when it is delivered to the application (e.g. browser, gmail) it is not the password.

    For example if your Gmail password were "Mairzy Doats" It might look like this when encrypted:

    AQAAANCMnd8BFdERjHoAwE/Cl+sBAAAA60794LTh4UO+NjhBirYd7wAAAAACAAAAAAAQZgAAAAEAACAAAADs0nvtdd69FFRje85XP1IHEd8gnLN60Z7mbqrKun4ifQAAAAAOgAAAAAIAACAAAABujOYA/mkxprPxkU6L844vqQF/Fh13vXtuLeGcrvZZ6hAAAACvpl2AvLBddRVaZWXLF23bQAAAAHnx+kQJ7cVlrVFrv8WV0WaAV8rKMIHWSUPmnHitFSsxBw0MVpfSwjAqsfwVmP8T/AuAcA2cvk3bUI3VxIwF7eE=

    If the above encrypted password were delivered to the browser or Gmail, neither could decrypt it and use it to log you in because they don't know the secret used to encrypt it.

    If you still don't understand, ask yourself when and where does the encrypted password get decrypted, i.e. become usable as a password. It is vulnerable at that point.

     
    • abhay bhatt

      abhay bhatt - 2016-10-13

      Thanks a lot! Yeah..it was my bad! I didn't got fully what Paul was trying to say, now got it. Thanks again.

       

      Last edit: abhay bhatt 2016-11-14

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