Acoustic Side Channel Attacks

Recently, a research paper, titled “A Practical Deep Learning-Based Acoustic Side Channel Attack on Keyboards,” revealed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to decode passwords by analysing the sound produced by keystrokes.

  • The study highlighted the accuracy of Acoustic Side Channel Attacks (ASCA) when state-of-the-art deep learning models were used to classify laptop keystrokes and their mitigation.
  • In an ASCA, the sound of clicks generated by a keyboard is used to analyse keystrokes and interpret what is being typed to leak sensitive information.
  • ASCA attacks are not new and have been around since 1950 when acoustic emanations of encryption devices ....
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