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Vulnerabilities in unencrypted wireless keyboards

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:16 pm    Post subject: Vulnerabilities in unencrypted wireless keyboards Reply with quote
Researchers at cybersecurity company Bastille have discovered a vulnerability. they call “Keysniffer” that allows an attacker to record keystrokes from 250 feet away.

The issue is with those wireless keyboards that transmit to a PC using an unencrypted, radio-based communications protocol rather than a Bluetooth connection. T...read more
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