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  • Security firm cracks encryption for Microsoft's wireless keyboards

    12/18/2007 9:22:32 PM PST · by zeugma · 67 replies · 171+ views
    Heise Security ^ | 12-1-2007 | Heise Security
    Security firm cracks encryption for Microsoft's wireless keyboards Dreamlab Technologies AG says it has found a way to sniff the data traffic between Microsoft's wireless keyboards and their base stations, which communicate with each other on the 27 MHz band. In the method they discovered, unauthorized parties are reportedly able to record and decrypt all keystrokes from such keyboards. The decoding was demonstrated using data traffic from the Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 and 2000. The security firm says that other keyboards that Microsoft sells, such as the Wireless Optical Desktop 3000 and 4000, encrypt and transmit data using the...