keylogger: A Cross-Platform Keylogger

If you’re familiar with the kbhell application, you might realize that kbhell is about 90% of the way to being a keylogger. Why not finish the job and write a proper, cross platform keylogger that captures a victim’s every keystroke (for science reasons, of course)? The Requirements So there’s the obvious requirement of capturing user keystrokes. When you think about the fact that keyboards have different layouts, there are different language sets, etc., the task becomes challenging. ...

November 13, 2023 · 7 min

Keyboard Hell

Do you enjoy the sound of a mechanical keyboard? What if it was possible to achieve the sound of the keys clacking without having an actual mechanical keyboard? That was the idea that spawned this keyboard hell (kbhell) project. That and trolling friends by playing a soundbite every time they press a key! Getting Started When a user performs any keystroke, a audio file gets played. One of the main kbhell requirements is that it runs on both Windows and Linux. That leaves you with two problems to solve: ...

September 2, 2023 · 7 min