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4th December 2007, 13:28 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Wireless Keyboard "Encryption" Cracked While everyone is going on about wireless network security, it seems few have considered that increasingly common wireless keyboards can be vulnerable to eavesdropping. Particularly when the encryption is pitifully weak. All that's needed is a simple radio receiver, sound card, and a brute-force attack on the 8-bit encryption used. Passwords galore! Bluetooth, it seems, is safe for the moment. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12...rypto_cracked/
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