Godlike Hack Steals Encrypted Keys by Watching LED From 16 Meters Away
Godlike Hack Steals Encrypted Keys by Watching LED From 16 Meters Away
futurism.com Godlike Hack Steals Encrypted Keys by Watching LED From 16 Meters Away
Researchers say they can steal encrypted keys by analyzing the glow that a power LED emits in a device, such as a smart card reader.
Link to the paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/923
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The concept of this is cool, but it feels strictly academic. When I read about this from another article it said the smart card had to be filmed for 60+ minutes of key exchange time. A normal key exchange is a fraction of a second. The ideal circumstances needed for this just don't exist in the real world...
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