Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Keyboard sniffers to steal data

Computer criminals could soon be eavesdropping on what you type by analysing the electromagnetic signals produced by every key press.


By analysing the signals produced by keystrokes, Swiss researchers have reproduced what a target typed.


The security researchers have developed four attacks that work on a wide variety of computer keyboards.


The results led the researchers to declare keyboards were "not safe to transmit sensitive information".

Lara tips Ponting to surpass Tendulkar

Former West Indies skipper Brian Lara thinks Sachin Tendulkar deserved to break Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, but thinks Ricky Ponting can take the record off Tendulkar in years to come.