Archive for 2008 October

EMF leaks from *wired* keyboards

We have know for a long time that CRT monitors and computers themselves are subject to TEMPEST emanations.  Later we learned:

  • emanations from even LCD displays can be intercepted
  • the sounds a user makes on any keyboard can be used to snoop
  • cordless keyboard transmissions can be intercepted and decrypted

Now we have Compromising Electromagnetic Emanations of Wired Keyboards.