Wireless keystroke intercept

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10 December 2007

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a way to intercept keystrokes made on a wireless keyboard. A team from vulnerability testing firm Dreamlab Technologies took a Microsoft keyboard and analysed the signal it sends to the computer. Like most non-Bluetooth wireless keyboards Microsoft’s product uses the 27MHz radio spectrum.

“Dreamlab Technologies successfully cracked the encryption key used in Microsoft’s Wireless Optical Desktop 1000/2000 keyboards,” said the company.

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