KeySniffer: Hackers can snag wireless keyboard keystrokes from 250 feet away

You might want to check if your wireless keyboard is on a list of vulnerable devices, since researchers warned that hackers can read your keystrokes from at least 250 feet away. In other words, a hacker could snag your passwords, credit card numbers and any other private information in clear text.

The Bastille Research Team discovered that flawed and inexpensive keyboards do not use any encryption when wirelessly sending keystrokes to the USB dongle. Researcher Marc Newlin warned, “This makes it possible for an attacker to both eavesdrop on everything a victim types, as well as transmit their own malicious keystrokes, which allows them to type directly on the victim’s computer.”

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