Patent ID: 11899830
Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
an input device; and
a computing device comprising a keylogger detection system, wherein the keylogger detection system comprises a processor configured to:
detect a keylogger, by:
identifying a first time that a first signal is generated by the input device as a first transmission time of a key press;
sensing a first amount of power drawn in conjunction with the input device during the first transmission time as a baseline power draw;
after a period of time, identifying a second time that a second signal is generated by the input device as a second transmission time of the key press;
sensing a second amount of power drawn in conjunction with the input device during the second transmission time as a second power draw, wherein the second power draw is greater than the baseline power draw;
determining an indication of a possible presence of the keylogger in response to determining an increase in transmission time based at least in part on a comparison between the first transmission time and the second transmission time;
increasing a severity of the indication of the possible presence of the keylogger based at least in part on determining a change from the baseline power draw to the second power draw
is greater than a threshold power draw change; and
in response to the severity of the indication being greater than a threshold, generating an alert comprising an indication of the possible presence of the keylogger, wherein generating the alert comprises: providing an instruction to display a notification via an electronic display, generating an email, generating a maintenance request, or any combination thereof.