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by malfist 895 days ago
Do hardware keyloggers trigger endpoint security?
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A hardware keylogger has to sit as a MitM between the keyboard and the USB port.

Sufficiently paranoid endpoint security could trip when the keyboard is unplugged and then plugged back in.

That must have a lot of false positives for all but the most paranoid environments.
No, but hardware keylogger require physical access.
What is the difference between "physical access" and "powerful position with local access"
It's the difference between the evil maid attack (someone sneaks a keylogger into your turned-off machine whilst cleaning your room) vs local privilege escalation (the sysadmin installs a game and now your entire network is owned).
I asked ChatGpt "where can I buy hardware keyloggers"

It just shut me down "I can't assist with that request."

They do not