Just because you use a password does not mean that you are safe. It is important to keep in mind that keyloggers are still very much a part of our lives.

Increasingly, to steal Internet users’ passwords to personal and financial information, cyber criminals are turning to keylogging, a fraud tool most users don’t even know exists.

What is keylogging? It puts tens of millions of Internet users’ finances, personal data and account information at risk. So it is something to watch out for. Unfortunately, most users can’t see it.

“There are so many victims because so few know the risk or the early warning signs — you simply can’t stop what you can’t see,” said Joe Payne, vice president at VeriSign. [Read the rest]

[tags]internet security,passwords,keylogger,verisign[/tags]