"New Acoustic Attack Determines Keystrokes From Typing Patterns"

Researchers Alireza Taheritajar and Reza Rahaeimehr at Augusta University have published a technical paper detailing their acoustic side-channel attack method. They demonstrated a new acoustic side-channel attack on keyboards that can deduce user input from typing patterns, even in noisy environments. Although the method has an average success rate of 43 percent, which is significantly lower than previously presented techniques, it does not require controlled recording conditions or a specific typing platform. Therefore, their method is more useful in real-world attacks, and depending on some target-specific parameters, it can generate enough reliable data to decipher the overall target's input using post-capture analysis. This article continues to discuss the new acoustic side-channel attack.

Bleeping Computer reports "New Acoustic Attack Determines Keystrokes From Typing Patterns"

Submitted by grigby1