<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/03/wireless_keyboard_crypto_cracked/>
Security researchers have cracked the rudimentary encryption used in
a range of popular wireless keyboards.
Bluetooth is increasingly becoming the de-facto standard for wireless
communication in peripheral devices and is reckoned to be secure. But
some manufacturers such as Logitech and Microsoft rely on 27 MHz
radio technology which, it transpires, is anything but secure.
Using nothing more than a simple radio receiver, a soundcard and
suitable software, Swiss security firm Dreamlab Technologies managed
to capture and decode the radio communications between a keyboard and
a PC. The attack opens the way up to all sorts of mischief including
keystroke logging to capture login credentials to online banking
sites or email accounts.
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