Tool Utilizes Microsoft UI Automation for User Monitoring
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👁️🗨️ New Tool Exploits Microsoft UI Automation for User Surveillance. A recent article by Michael Zhmailo introduces a penetration testing tool called Spyndicapped, which leverages Microsoft User Interface Automation (MS UIA) to monitor Windows users. The tool can read screen text, simulate user actions, and track events, making it capable of spying on user activities discreetly. The article details the framework’s structure, including elements, properties, and event handling, and provides insights into developing custom event handlers for specific applications. Spyndicapped can even extract sensitive information, such as passwords from KeePass, highlighting potential security risks associated with MS UIA. The source code is available for modification, allowing further exploration of user tracking capabilities.
