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Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070909-electrical-data-theft.html

by aj • 17 years ago

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sunburnt• 17 years ago

Demonstration of remote keyboard sniffing using an antenna: http://www.vimeo.com/2007855?pg=embed&sec=2007855

dkokelley• 17 years ago

I've heard that passwords can be compromised by the sound (probably over multiple entries) of the keystrokes, since the attacker can figure out how far apart the keys are and listen for patterns, though I haven't seen any demonstration of this yet.

kragen• 17 years ago

Each key also sounds different. One of their attacks uses this, in a slightly extended sense.

haseman• 17 years ago

Amazing! Now all we need to do is convince potential victims to use PS2 keyboards and we're golden.

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