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Key Logger

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A program designed to record which keys are pressed on a computer keyboard used to obtain passwords or encryption keys and thus bypass other security measures.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Keylogger
plural
Key LoggersKeyloggers
possessive
Key Logger'sKeylogger's
pluralpossessive
Key Loggers'Keyloggers'