A computer security research team has identified a weakness in several brands of low-cost wireless keyboards that could allow hackers to view and record every word, number and password typed by a user from up to about 75 metres away. This isn't the first time security vulnerabilities have been identified in wireless keyboards. Bastille notes that Bluetooth keyboards and higher-end USB keyboards from manufacturers like Logitech, Dell and Lenovo were not susceptible to the Keysniffer method of recording keystrokes. In a demonstration video, Bastille security researcher Marc Newlin eavesdropped on his co-worker's keyboard using a program they developed called Keysniffer. In 2010, cybersecurity researchers discovered that the encryption used in certain Microsoft boards was easily broken.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2016 23:48 UTC