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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Fionnuala G. Gunter, Austin, TX (US);

Christy L. Norman Perez, Austin, TX (US);

Michael T. Strosaker, Austin, TX (US);

George C. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); G06F 2221/031 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0775 (2013.01);
Abstract

Detection of a key logger includes determining a count of keystrokes that occur during each of a plurality of time windows. Write activity that occurs during each of the plurality of time windows can be measured. The number of key strokes occurring in window is compared with the write activity occurring during the window. In response to determining that the count of keystrokes in a time window is linearly related to the measurement of write activity in the time window for a threshold number of time windows of the plurality of windows, a notification of a potential presence of a key logger is provided.


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