While many cyber cafes — especially in Brooklyn — have become a key destination for the young, hip and creative, in developing countries they are the breeding ground for international cyber crime. Since anyone can walk into these Internet parlors and begin a hacking rampage often aimed at U.S. interests, it’s the ideal place for the shady and nefarious.

Well, Nepal is taking some very simple, yet innovative steps that may help fight the scourge that is international cyber crime. In Nepal’s biggest metropolitan city, Kathmandu, cyber cafes are now required to ID customers. Users will have to provide personal information, such as names, addresses, phone numbers and signatures.

And it seems to be working. According to the Himalayan Times, police units have already recorded 13 cases of cyber crime, with nine being resolved and four still under investigation.

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You have to give cybercriminals credit. When it comes to computer crimes, they can be quite ingenious. Identity thieves are constantly developing new ways to steal your personal information or improving their methods. Such is the case with keystroke logging.

Fortunately for us, the good guys, and unfortunately for them, the bad guys, most of their attempts are detectable. That is, if you know what you’re looking for. Here’s help.

Understanding Keystroke Logging

Perry Kivolowitz, an American computer scientist, authored one of the first keylogger programs in 1983. Perry, a good guy, never intended his program for evil purposes and works today as a speaker on the subject of detecting tampering digital devices. But it goes to show, how technology in the wrong hands is often used for wrong purposes.

Keylogging is a computer cyber crime that means to track or log the keys you strike on your computer keyboard.

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