Thwarting keyloggers using proxies

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• retrieving a Web page from a remote Web server and presenting the Web page to a client, in response to a request received at a proxy server from the client for accessing the Web page provided from the remote Web server;
• prior to retrieving the Web page, causing, by the proxy server, an input interface to be presented on the client to allow a user of the client to log into the proxy server without having to type at the client;
• causing, by the proxy server, one or more keys in an input field of the Web page to be entered without the user having to type at the client;
• and
• by the processing device, intercepting, by the proxy server, traffic between the client and the remote Web server over the network, and wherein the Web server does not offer an on-screen keyboard, and wherein the one or more keys can be entered in the input field of the Web page without the user having to type at the client when the Web server does not offer the on-screen keyboard.

A proxy server, comprising:

• a processing device;
• a memory coupled to the processing device;
• a proxy module executed in the memory by the processing device to retrieve a Web page from a remote Web server and to present the Web page to a client over a network, in response to a request received from the client for accessing the Web page provided from the remote Web server;
• an input interface module executed by the processing device to present, prior to retrieving the Web page, an input interface to the client to allow a user of the client to log into the proxy server without having to type at the client, wherein the proxy module is to enter one or more keys in an input field of the Web page without the user having to type at the client, wherein the proxy module is to intercept traffic between the client and the remote Web server over the network, wherein the Web server does not offer an on-screen keyboard, and wherein the one or more keys can be entered in the input field of the Web page without the user having to type at the client when the Web server does not offer the on-screen keyboard.