Keyboard sniffers to steal data

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7681534.stm

by epi0Bauqu • 18 years ago

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nikils• 18 years ago

so iphone/virtual-keyboard is more secure ?

bayleo• 18 years ago

Not necessarily... electromagnetic eavesdropping on LCD monitors has been proven possible as well. We're all going to get exposed!

If you're interested the following is a link to a paper on Van Eck phreaking LCD monitors:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/pet2004-fpd.pdf

streety• 18 years ago

There was a story a few months ago about being able to figure out which keys were pressed by the sound they made. Does anyone know how that story developed? If it was validated then I'm not sure this new attack vector really changes anything.

zandorg• 18 years ago

I can read passwords over someone's shoulder while they're being typed in. However, I usually look away to avoid temptation (University lecturer's root, etc).

jason• 18 years ago

This known vector has been around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEMPEST

Keyboard sniffers to steal data

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