"Thermanator Attack Steals Passwords by Reading Thermal Residue on Keyboards"

A team of scientists at the University of California, Irvine, recently shared research in which they reveal the possible use of thermal residue on keyboard keys to determine the password that has been typed in by a user. The attack dubbed Thermanator could allow attackers to recover verification codes, PINs, and more. This article continues to discuss findings of the research behind this attack and the replacement of password authentication systems.

Bleeping Computer reports "Thermanator Attack Steals Passwords by Reading Thermal Residue on Keyboards"