Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet

Posted by aj on Sunday July 12, 2009 @01:10PM
from the networkworld.com dept.

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

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Re:Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet by sunburnt on Sunday July 12, 2009 @01:44PM (#700356)

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

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Re:Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet by dkokelley on Sunday July 12, 2009 @05:56PM (#700623)

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.

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Re:Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet by kragen on Sunday July 12, 2009 @08:54PM (#700815)

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

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Re:Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet by haseman on Monday July 13, 2009 @02:21PM (#702206)

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

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