Security News > 2016 > February > Practical TEMPEST Attack (Schneier on Security)
2016-02-23 11:49
Four researchers have demonstrated a TEMPEST attack against a laptop, recovering its keys by listening to its electrical emanations. The cost for the attack hardware was about $3,000. News article: To test the hack, the researchers first sent the target a specific ciphertext -- in other words, an encrypted message. "During the decryption of the chosen ciphertext, we measure the...
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