Keyboard sniffers to steal data(news.bbc.co.uk)

4 pointsby epi0Bauquvor 18 Jahren5 comments

news.bbc.co.uk

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

4 comments

streetyvor 18 Jahren

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.

zandorgvor 18 Jahren

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).

jasonvor 18 Jahren

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

nikilsvor 18 Jahren

so iphone/virtual-keyboard is more secure ?

bayleovor 18 Jahren

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