Keysniffer??? (For wireless keyboards)

misi misi

misi

Growing Little Guru
http://www.cnet.com/news/hackers-co...words-if-youre-typing-nearby/?ftag=CAD090e536
At first glance, a new hacking technique looks pretty scary. Using an attack that researchers at cybersecurity firm Bastille are calling "keysniffer," hackers can detect every key you press on your wireless keyboard.

That means they can pick up your passwords and maybe the answers to your security questions, like your mother's maiden name. The flaw affects keyboards manufactured by big names such as HP, Toshiba and General Electric. So far, bad news.

The good news? To use "keysniffer" on you, hackers would have to be pretty close. The attack works within 250 feet, which is about three-fourths the length of a football field. So international hackers aren't going to get you, and neither is anyone else who isn't in your physical neighborhood.
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Is it possible that those keyboards' signals can be read from 250 feet?
 
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foxidrive foxidrive

foxidrive

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250 feet seems a bit of a stretch to me.

Denise Nelson, a spokeswoman for Kensington, [...] said new Kensington keyboards will feature an encrypted connection going forward. However, she did not know whether wireless keyboards already in use were still unencrypted.
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That last sentence smells like shullbit to me.
 
foxidrive foxidrive

foxidrive

Retired Admin
Most wireless keyboards have an effective range of less than 10 meters.

That doesn't mean the signal doesn't go further than that - but to capture enough RF signal to process is the aspect that no detail was given about in the article.
 
foxidrive foxidrive

foxidrive

Retired Admin
I bought a new one after my Canon Pixma printhead packed it in.

HP Officejet 4650 for wireless ADF scanner
Brother HL-3170CDW for wireless laser printing I plan to aim the laser at the moon and nudge it out of it's orbit. The damn thing has been keeping me awake when I change into my Werewolf getup Grrrr
 
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