Wardle's app works by continuously scanning the operating system for newly registered CoreGraphics event taps. ReiKey was specifically created to work around this common keylogger design pattern. 'The majority of macOS malware that contains keylogger logic (to capture keypresses) does so via CoreGraphics 'event taps',' said Wardle. Named ReiKey, Wardle created and released this new app towards the end of 2018, as the researcher started looking into the inner workings of macOS keyloggers. This program also has the trait of Printer Control which allows controlling the printer activities on the system.īy categories (for example adult, dating), blacklist of URLs, blacklist of keywords.Patrick Wardle, a former NSA hacker who in recent years has become the de-facto expert on everything Mac malware, has created and released a Mac app that can detect certain types of macOS keyloggers. The activities of removable drives such as HDD, USB and SD can be both monitored and controlled. It also features log delivery through email and FTP where logs are sent to in certain intervals of time. It monitors the activities of more than 20 renowned Messengers such as MSN and ICQ. It monitors and records the activities carried out on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter etc. It renders keyword alerts to enable you to know the keywords that are being used to make web searches through your computer system. This includes recording of keywords that are used for making the searches. Records the searches that are carried on search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo and AOL. The running program will not be shown to the user in the list of running and installed applications, desktop tray, Start menu so it will not be obvious to the user URL monitoring allows you to know what websites and pages the user visited. It takes screenshot of the desktop view without the user knowing it. The application features clipboard control and monitors and records all the activities in the form of the programs and applications that are run on the system. With the keystrokes logger, you can see all the keystrokes that are made on your computer, even if they have been removed. This means you can monitor your computer without having physical access to it Monitor your computer activities through a secured web account by logging in from any computer remotely. Remote monitoring via secure web account.

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