Re: Wireless keyboard & mouse

[Ryan Chow <rynchow () gmail com>]

Hi,

The use of wireless mice poses less of a risk of information  
disclosure as only positional data is being transmitted.

Wireless keyboards are more risky as these would transmit key strokes  
to the receiver. Provided someone was close enough to capture the  
signal and no or simple encryption was used then the keystrokes could  
be captured.

The use of a Bluetooth keyboard would mitigate some of the risk  
relying on the Bluetooth protocol for security. However Bluetooth  
itself has it's own security vulnerabilities.

There is some university research into this subject. I'll update you  
if I can find it.

Regards,

Ryan,

Sent from my handheld.

On 16/09/2008, at 21:09, sfmailsbm () gmail com wrote:

> Dear List,
> Wanted to know if there are any known or potential security issues  
> in the use of wireless devices like mouse, and particularly keyboards
>
> We know that wireless is by default not secure, what security  
> features do these devices offer to mitigate risk of sniffing  
> keystrokes over the air
>
> Did not find much on this subject, maybe it's a non-issue
>
> Thanks for your comments