News Typing sounds can be used to determine keystrokes, new research shows -- your keyboard can reveal passwords, even in noisy environments

[Admin]

Researchers Alireza Taheritajar and Reza Rahaeimehr from Augusta University have found a new attack method which determines keystrokes by listening to the keyboard's sounds, which can then be analyzed keystrokes with a 43% success rate.

Typing sounds can be used to determine keystrokes, new research shows -- your keyboard can reveal passwords, even in noisy environments : Read more

 

[ezst036]

Probably QWERTY based audio snooping. A good reason to learn Dvorak or Colemak?

 

[Dementoss]

While such attacks could be deterred with quieter keyboards,

They can be stopped stone dead, if like me, you have nothing with a microphone connected to your PC.

 

[helper800]

They can be stopped stone dead, if like me, you have nothing with a microphone connected to your PC.

It would not be just something connected to your PC. Anything with a mic like your phone, Amazon Alexa, et cetera, as long as it can hear the typing from your PC from any device, there is a security risk.

 

[BillyBuerger]

Probably QWERTY based audio snooping. A good reason to learn Dvorak or Colemak?

This has nothing to do with QWERTY. It's just listening for the unique signature of each key stroke. If you ever listened to any keyboard typing audio/video, they will something click through different keys as the position in the keyboard produces different sounds even if it's very minute. The layout being used doesn't change the fact that each key will have a slightly different sound that could be used to determine what is being typed.

 

[cyrusfox]

Don't bottom out on linear switches, solved and silent