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Thermal trace of the keyboard can be used in computer attacks

A new type of attack would allow a malicious actor to capture the keys pressed on a keyboard using a thermal camera. The discovery was made by pentest experts at the University of California. In simple words, the thermal trace of our fingers over the keyboard can be recorded by a hacker to reveal the user’s passwords or any […]

40 Million users are suffering the virtual keyboard data breach

The researchers demanded data left visible entered names, phone numbers, locations and Google queries. The chief of the Israeli company back the app confirmed the breach but said most of the data was not sensitive. Bob Diachenko, from the Kromtech Security Centre, part of contract company Mackeeper, said the number of data required by the […]

Chinese Keyboard Developer Spies on User Through Built-in Keylogger

A Chinese mechanical keyboard manufacturer MantisTek has been caught in the middle of a controversy in which it’s being blamed for spying on users through built-in keylogger in its GK2 model and sending the data to a server apparently hosted on Alibaba Cloud server. The communication is happening over HTTP, not HTTPS which means the user data is being […]

Hackers to show how to hack wireless keyboard from 250 feet away

Wireless keyboards of 8 high-profile manufacturers are vulnerable to attacks leading to undetectable spying! A Wireless keyboard offers portability allowing users not to be bound to a desk but recently researchers have identified a critical security flaw in some of the most used wireless keyboards manufactured by some high-profile IT giants posing a huge privacy threat. […]

Microsoft’s Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone Makes Texting Easy

This keyboard makes it easy for people to chat with just one hand — It’s only available in US-based iOS stores. Now that Windows Phone failed to leave a mark and Windows 10 Mobile isn’t going places, Microsoft‘s is now on a fierce mission to lead the race with iPhone by its apps. Microsoft’s came […]

Security Flaw in Samsung Keyboard Puts 600m Android Devices Vulnerable

Android phone users have long shared the view that, despite the continual announcements of ongoing security breaches in an evermore technological world, their devices remained relatively secure. This confidence is likely to have shattered by today’s news that up to 600 million users may be vulnerable to a cracking attack, primarily thanks to the widely […]