SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT AND PREVENT KEYLOGGING ATTACKS

Abstract: in an first aspect of the disclosure, there is a computer-implemented method which includes: obtaining, by a computing device, a password entered by an account user, placing, by the computing device, the password in memory of a device; generating, by the computing device, a fake password by randomly injecting characters into the password; storing, by the computing device, the fake password in a secure database; and deleting the password from the memory.

Inventor(s): Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Kim A. Eckert

CPC Classification: H04L63/083 ({using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code )})

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