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Python Ethical Hacking from Scratch

You're reading from   Python Ethical Hacking from Scratch Think like an ethical hacker, avoid detection, and successfully develop, deploy, detect, and avoid malware

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838829506
Length 214 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fahad Ali Sarwar Fahad Ali Sarwar
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Ethical Hacking – The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Hacking FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Getting Started – Setting Up a Lab Environment 4. Section 2: Thinking Like a Hacker – Network Information Gathering and Attacks
5. Chapter 3: Reconnaissance and Information Gathering 6. Chapter 4: Network Scanning 7. Chapter 5: Man in the Middle Attacks 8. Section 3: Malware Development
9. Chapter 6: Malware Development 10. Chapter 7: Advanced Malware 11. Chapter 8: Post Exploitation 12. Chapter 9: System Protection and Perseverance 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Keylogger

In this section, we will build a simple keylogger. A keylogger is a malware program that records the keystrokes of the user. It is one of the most common kinds of malware programs. Keyloggers are often used to steal passwords and other sensitive information, such as credit cards. Keyloggers are often made to be as silent as possible, which means that it is very hard to detect keyloggers. Let's try building a simple keylogger. You will need to install a module called pynput to build a keylogger. This module allows you to access keystrokes programmatically:

  1. To install this module, use the following command:
    pip install pynput

    This will install the module:

  2. Once the module is installed, we can import keyboard from this module:
    from pynput import keyboard
  3. Next, we will define a listener for listening to keystrokes. This listener will handle different cases on different events. Take a look at the following code:
    with keyboard.Listener(on_press=onPress, on_release...
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