(cnet news) Researchers Martin Vuagnoux and Sylvain Pasini of the Swiss Security and Cryptography Laboratory at LASEC/EPFL, were able to recover keystrokes from wired keyboards at a distance up to 20 meters (about 65 feet), even through walls, simply by reading the electromagnetic emanations of the peripheral device. The experiments focused on wired keyboards attached to a computer either by PS/2 or USB connections.
There are two videos where Vuagnoux demonstrates the attacks.
Both authors conclude that “a vulnerability on these devices will definitely kill the security of any computer or ATM.” They further recommend that wired keyboards should not be used to transmit users’ names and passwords.
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