Sensors can tap into mobile vibrations to eavesdrop remotely, researchers find
Oct 2022, phys.org
They could detect the vibrations of a cell phone's earpiece and decipher what the person on the other side of the call was saying with up to 83% accuracy using an off-the-shelf automotive radar sensor and a novel processing approach (called an "eavesdropping attack").
via Penn State: Suryoday Basak et al, mmSpy: Spying Phone Calls using mmWave Radars, 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP) (2022). DOI: 10.1109/SP46214.2022.9833568
Image credit: Thermal Tent - Infrared Imaging Services
AI-driven 'thermal attack' system reveals computer and smartphone passwords in seconds
Oct 2022, phys.org
After users type their passcode, a thermal camera can take a picture that reveals the heat signature of where their fingers have touched the device; the brighter an area appears in the thermal image, the more recently it was touched.
via University of Glasgow: Norah Alotaibi et al, ThermoSecure: Investigating the effectiveness of AI-driven thermal attacks on commonly used computer keyboards, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (2022). DOI: 10.1145/3563693
