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Marc Newlin from Bastille (also the person with the best suit at DEF CON), chats with Shannon about mousejack, keysniffer, and manufacturer responses
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CBS
Cyber security firm exposes flaws in wireless keyboards
By Cristin Severance
A computer security firm is warning wireless keyboard users that a flaw found in millions of devices allows hackers to read what you're typing.
California-based Bastille Networks said it has discovered the security flaw in low-end wireless keyboards.
Popular Mechanics
Can Your Wireless Keyboard Be Hacked?
By Ian Sandwell
Researchers have claimed that millions of wireless keyboards could be at risk of attack from hackers.
Cybersecurity company Bastille has named the threat KeySniffer, which sees hackers remotely 'sniff' all the keystrokes of wireless keyboards of eight manufacturers from up to 250 feet away.
The Chicago Tribune
Your wireless keyboard could be giving your secrets away
By Andrea Peterson
Every keystroke you make on some wireless keyboards can be spied on by hackers lurking nearby, according to research released by cybersecurity firm Bastille. The "vast majority" of low-cost wireless keyboards are vulnerable to an attack researchers have dubbed "KeySniffer," according to the company.
BBC News
Wireless keyboards 'easy' to snoop on
By Dave Lee
San Francisco-based Bastille said keyboards transmitted what was being typed in "clear text", making it possible for attackers to listen in on from up to 76m (250ft) away.
Money
It’s Shockingly Easy to Hack Some Wireless Keyboards
By Ethan Wolff-Mann
Hackers can easily steal sensitive info with an antenna. Billions have been spent to research and build systems to protect today's tech users from hackers. But internet security, like anything else, is only as strong as its weakest link. One of those weak links appears to be wireless keyboards.
Fox News
Researchers Find Easy Way to Hack Wireless Keyboards
By Tom Brant
Snoopers could easily hack wireless keyboards made by eight different manufacturers, researchers announced this week.
Tech News World
KeySniffer Follows the Scent of Cheap Wireless Keyboards
By Richard Adhikari
A vulnerability in inexpensive wireless keyboards lets hackers steal private data, Bastille reported this week.
Engadget
Some Wireless Keyboards Could Put Your Personal Info At Risk
By Brittany Vincent
If you use a lower-tier wireless keyboard, you may be at risk for an attack called KeySniffer that's able to nap a good deal of personal information from you.
PCMag.com
Researchers Find Easy Way to Hack Wireless Keyboards
By Tom Brant
Snoopers could easily hack wireless keyboards made by eight different manufacturers, researchers announced this week.
The Huffington Post
Hackers Can Actually See What You’re Typing On Some Wireless Keyboards
By Thomas Tamblyn
The words being typed on a wireless keyboard can be easily seen and stolen by hackers, a cybersecurity firm has warned.
The worrying revelation was made by San Francisco-based Bastille which said that many wireless keyboards were transmitting what was being written in "clear text" which makes it very easy to snoop on.
TechTarget
KeySniffer Vulnerability Enables Eavesdropping on Wireless Keyboards
By Peter Loshin
The KeySniffer wireless vulnerability goes beyond the similar MouseJack flaw in exposing users of inexpensive wireless keyboards to sniffing, injection attacks.
übergizmo
Some Wireless Keyboards Found To Be Vulnerable To Snooping
By Tyler Lee
You know those wireless keyboards that some of you might herald as the next best thing due to its wireless connectivity? Turns out that there are some of them that aren’t as secure as they could be, which means that you as a user could be compromised if hackers were to figure out the vulnerabilities.
The A Register
It's 2016 and Your Passwords Can Still Be Read Off From Wireless Keyboards
By John Watkinson
Millions of low-cost wireless keyboards are susceptible to a vulnerability that reveals private data to hackers in clear text.
The vulnerability - dubbed KeySniffer - creates a means for hackers to remotely "sniff" all the keystrokes of wireless keyboards from eight manufacturers from distances up to 100 meters away.
Telegraph.co.uk
Using a Wireless Keyboard? Your Passwords Can Easily Be Spied On
By Cara McGoogan
Eight major keyboard brands accounting for millions of devices in use across the world were shown to have a security hole that could let hackers up to 100m away read every letter a victim types.
The Inquirer
Unencrypted Wireless Keyboards Wide Open to Keystroke Logging
By Graeme Burton
Tens of millions of wireless keyboards and mice are in use worldwide, but a hacking tool called KeySniffer can identify the keystrokes of wireless keyboards from at least eight companies. The security flaws could enable a determined attacker to sniff passwords and other sensitive information from the devices.
Computer World
KeySniffer: Hackers Can Snag Wireless Keyboard Keystrokes From 250 Feet Away
By Darlene Storm
KeySniffer: Hackers can snag wireless keyboard keystrokes from 250 feet away.
CBC
Hackers Can Record Everything You Type On Certain Wireless Keyboards
Some low-end wireless keyboards send keystrokes to your computer completely unencrypted, say researchers.
The Washington Post
Your wireless keyboard could be giving your secrets away
By Andrea Peterson
Every keystroke you make on some wireless keyboards can be spied on by hackers lurking nearby, according to research released Tuesday by the cybersecurity firm Bastille. The "vast majority" of low-cost wireless keyboards are vulnerable to an attack that researchers have dubbed "KeySniffer," according to the company.
CNet
Hackers could sniff out your passwords if you're typing nearby
By Laura Hautala
At first glance, a new hacking technique looks pretty scary. Using an attack that researchers at cybersecurity firm Bastille are calling "KeySniffer," hackers can detect every key you press on your wireless keyboard.
Gizmodo
Millions of Wireless Keyboards Can Let Hackers See What You're Typing
By Darren Orf
A newly discovered set of wireless keyboard vulnerabilities can let hackers take over your keyboard and secretly record what you type. It’s called KeySniffer, and it spells death for millions of wireless, radio-based keyboards.
Forbes
KeySniffer Lets Hackers Snoop On Your Wireless Keyboard From 250 Feet
By Brad Moon
Bastille Networks has been pursuing the vulnerabilities in radio-based wireless keyboards and mice (those are the ones that use a special USB dongle to communicate with your PC) for months. Back in February they showed they could take control of some models using "MouseJack" attacks.
Wired
Radio Hack Steal Keystrokes From Millions of Wireless Keyboards
By Andy Greenberg
You should be able to trust your wireless keyboard. And yet, security researchers have been warning people to be suspicious of wireless computer accessories using sketchy radio protocols for years. Those warnings peaked five months ago, when hackers at the security firm Bastille found that millions of cheap keyboard and mouse dongles let hackers inject keystrokes onto your machine from hundreds of yards away.
KPIX
Security Flaw in Wireless Keyboards Exposing Millions to Possible Identity Theft
By Kiet Do
A computer security firm has a warning for wireless keyboard users: a flaw found in millions of devices allows hackers to read what you’re typing.
ZD Net
Flaws in Wireless Keyboards Let Hackers Snoop on Everything You Type
By Zack Whittaker
Your wireless keyboard is giving up your secrets - literally.
With an antenna and wireless dongle worth a few bucks, and a few lines of Python code, a hacker can passively and covertly record everything you type on your wireless keyboard from hundreds of feet away. Usernames, passwords, credit card data, your manuscript or company's balance sheet -- whatever you're working on at the time.
International Business Times
Hackers Can Snoop on Your Wireless Keyboard and Keystrokes From 250 Feet Away, Security Firm Warns
By Hyacinth Mascarenhas
A new discovered vulnerability allows hackers to read and record exactly what you type out.
Information Week
‘MouseJack’ Researchers Uncover Major Wireless Keyboard Vulnerability
By Ericka Chickowski
KeySniffer attack shows two-thirds of low-cost wireless keyboards prone to keystroke capture and malicious keystroke injection.
Yahoo! Tech
Newly discovered 'key sniffing' hack could compromise keyboards from up to 250 feet away
By Kevin Parrish
Just months after uncovering MouseJack, Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Bastille recently uncovered vulnerabilities that could leave consumers open to attack when using a low-cost wireless keyboard. Hackers are reportedly utilizing a set of security vulnerabilities the company calls “KeySniffer,” which can enable them to remotely capture all keystrokes from up to 250 feet away.
CSO
Many Popular Wireless Keyboards Completely Unprotected
By Maria Korolov
Many popular wireless keyboards completely unprotected.
PC World
Hackers Can Snoop and Even Type Keystrokes From at Least 8 Wireless Keyboard Vendors
By Tim Greene
Hackers can snoop and even type keystrokes from at least 8 wireless keyboard vendors.
Security Week
Wireless Keyboards Vulnerable to Sniffing, Injection Attacks
By Eduard Kovacs
Wireless keyboards from several vendors don’t use encryption when communicating with their USB dongle, allowing remote attackers to intercept keystrokes or send their own commands to the targeted computer.
eSecurity Planet
New IoT Threat Exploits Lack of Encryption in Wireless Keyboards
By Ann All
Even though the Internet of Things (IoT) is still quite new, hackers are relying on some pretty old vulnerabilities - like a lack of encryption -- to compromise IoT devices.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Bastille: Wireless Keyboards Vulnerable to Snooping
By Urvaksh Karkaria
Better watch what you type.
Atlanta cybersecurity startup Bastille has discovered a vulnerability affecting the majority of low-cost wireless keyboards.
SC Magazine
KeySniffer' Attack Allows Wireless Keyboard Eavesdropping
By Robert Abel
Bastille researchers spotted a "KeySniffer" vulnerability affecting wireless keyboards from at least eight manufacturers, that could allow an attacker to eavesdrop and record a victim's keystrokes from hundreds of feet away.
The Atlantic
Hackers Can Spy on Wireless Keyboards From Hundreds of Feet Away
By Kaveh Waddell
Several popular brands of wireless keyboards have been betraying their owners, broadcasting their keystrokes for savvy hackers to intercept from hundreds of feet away.
TechNewsWorld
Flaw Puts a Billion Wireless Mice at Risk
May 20, 2016
Wireless mice and keyboards are the perfect accessories for a world in which devices increasingly are shuffling off their connection coils, but those accessories -- especially untethered rodents -- also can create new threats for those who use them.