{
 "slug": "hak5-key-croc",
 "name": "Key Croc",
 "maker": "Hak5",
 "category": "multitools",
 "categoryLabel": "Multitools",
 "status": "listed",
 "statusLabel": "Listed by maker",
 "description": "A USB keylogger that runs payloads when a target types a chosen word or pattern.",
 "goodFor": "Demonstrate keylogging risk during an authorised engagement.",
 "youNeed": "Physical access and written authorisation.",
 "tradeoff": "RAM and dimensions are not published.",
 "tags": [
  "Keylogger",
  "Pattern triggers",
  "Wi-Fi",
  "Cloud C2"
 ],
 "price": "US$200",
 "priceShort": "$200",
 "priceFrom": null,
 "checked": "2026-09-17",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/hak5-key-croc/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/hak5-key-croc",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/hak5-key-croc.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/hak5-key-croc.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/hak5-key-croc.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/hak5-key-croc.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "Hak5",
   "label": "Buy from Hak5",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hak5-key-croc&utm_content=api",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "merchant": "Hacker Warehouse",
   "label": "Buy from Hacker Warehouse",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://hackerwarehouse.com/product/key-croc/?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hak5-key-croc&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at Hacker Warehouse when checked on 2026-09-24."
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Core hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Processor and memory",
     "value": "Quad-core 1.2 GHz ARM",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Display",
     "value": "None",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Radios",
     "value": "2.4 GHz Wi-Fi with an integrated antenna",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "USB bus powered",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Details from the product page",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Storage",
     "value": "8 GB SSD",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Pass-through",
     "value": "Sits inline on USB and emulates HID, Ethernet, storage and serial devices",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Triggers",
     "value": "Payloads fire on a keyword or regular-expression match",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Remote access",
     "value": "Cloud C2 for streaming keystrokes, injecting keystrokes and a browser terminal",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Setup",
     "value": "A hidden button turns it into a flash drive; settings are a text file",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Buying",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Price",
     "value": "US$200 on shop.hak5.org",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    },
    {
     "label": "Availability",
     "value": "In stock on the day of review",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Maker product page",
   "url": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc"
  },
  {
   "label": "Hak5 documentation",
   "url": "https://docs.hak5.org/"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "closed",
  "opennessLabel": "Closed design",
  "summary": "Hak5 publishes only payload scripts for the Key Croc; no schematic, PCB, BOM, or 3D files are published, and the exact SoC/Wi-Fi chip are undisclosed.",
  "files": [],
  "repos": [],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "Unnamed quad-core 1.2GHz ARM SoC",
    "role": "MCU/SoC"
   },
   {
    "part": "Unnamed integrated 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio",
    "role": "radio"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "Checked shop.hak5.org/products/key-croc (200) and hak5/keycroc-payloads on GitHub — payload scripts only, no hardware design source. No public schematic/PCB anywhere.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [
  {
   "name": "Key Croc Payloads",
   "url": "https://github.com/hak5/keycroc-payloads",
   "tag": "Payloads",
   "description": "Keystroke pattern triggers, live Wi-Fi telemetry exfiltration, and active cloud sync scripts for Key Croc."
  }
 ],
 "chips": []
}