Keylogging browser extensions

  • 1 December 2013
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Userlevel 7
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What is WSA IS's ability to protect against keylogging by extensions on the following browsers:
 
Internet Explorer
Chrome
Firefox
 
Example:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kl/?src=cb-dl-created
 
Additionally, an extension-based keylogger in Firefox and Chrome would be impossible to detect by WSA since the file extensions are not monitored (Chrome) or are usually made up of plain text components (Firefox), is that correct?

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Userlevel 7
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The ID Shield does protect from bad extensions as it watches for malicious activity from them. Test it and let us know!
 
Daniel
Userlevel 2
Using a password manager such as LastPass is one of the best ways to prevent keylogging. It outfills forums and rememebers all your logins and passwords. So since your never typing in anything there is virtually no chance of keylogging. 

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