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Recovering Passwords by Measuring Residual Heat

Posted on By infossl
cameras, computer security, machine learning, passwords, Security technology, Uncategorized

Researchers have used thermal cameras and ML guessing techniques to recover passwords from measuring the residual heat left by fingers on keyboards. From the abstract: We detail the implementation of ThermoSecure and make a dataset of 1,500 thermal images of keyboards with heat traces resulting from input publicly available. Our first study shows that ThermoSecure … Read More “Recovering Passwords by Measuring Residual Heat” »

Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication

Posted on By infossl
computer security, passwords, Security technology, two-factor authentication, Uncategorized

These techniques are not new, but they’re increasingly popular: …some forms of MFA are stronger than others, and recent events show that these weaker forms aren’t much of a hurdle for some hackers to clear. In the past few months, suspected script kiddies like the Lapsus$ data extortion gang and elite Russian-state threat actors (like … Read More “Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication” »

Mysterious Macintosh Malware

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apple, computer security, malware, Security technology, Uncategorized

This is weird: Once an hour, infected Macs check a control server to see if there are any new commands the malware should run or binaries to execute. So far, however, researchers have yet to observe delivery of any payload on any of the infected 30,000 machines, leaving the malware’s ultimate goal unknown. The lack … Read More “Mysterious Macintosh Malware” »