AES-256 crypto cracked in 50 secs using €200 of kit one metre away

Van Eck phreaking getting surprisingly cheap. Sideband attacks that monitor a computer’s electromagnetic output to snaffle passwords are nothing new. They usually require direct access to the target system and a lot of expensive machinery – but no longer. Researchers at Fox‑IT have managed to crack AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 256 encryption keys from a […]