Security News > 2017 > April > Attackers can steal smartphone users’ PINs by tapping into data collected by mobile sensors (Help Net Security)

Researchers have demonstrated that a malicious website or app could work out smartphone users’ PINs or passwords based just on the data collected by various motion sensors on modern mobile devices. Motion sensor data is up for grabs “Most smart phones, tablets, and other wearables are now equipped with a multitude of sensors, from the well-known GPS, camera and microphone to instruments such as the gyroscope, proximity, NFC, and rotation sensors and accelerometer,” Dr Maryam … More →

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