• DocumentCode
    3582671
  • Title

    A countermeasure for compromising electromagnetic emanations of wired keyboards

  • Author

    Ahsan, Md Alimul ; Rakiul Islam, S.M. ; Islam, Md Ariful

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Khulna Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Khulna, Bangladesh
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    241
  • Lastpage
    244
  • Abstract
    Confidential data are often transmitted by computer keyboards. Electromagnetic waves are emitted as they contain electronic components. Very sensitive information like keystrokes can be revealed by these emanations. Most of the modern computer keyboards generate compromising emanations. Best practical attack can fully recover up to 95% of the keystrokes of a PS/2 keyboard at a distance up to 20 meters, even through walls. Some counter measures have been indicated in some previous work. But, those are not cost effective and convenient. So, we propose a model of a device which can be cost effective and convenient. It can jam the emanation. Compromising emanations before and after jamming are also shown and compared.
  • Keywords
    data privacy; electromagnetic interference; jamming; keyboards; signal detection; PS/2 keyboard; computer keyboards; confidential data; electromagnetic emanations; electromagnetic interference; electromagnetic waves; electronic components; jamming; keystrokes; wired keyboards; Clocks; Computers; Electromagnetics; Image edge detection; Jamming; Keyboards; Receivers; Electromagnetic Emanation; Keyboard; Keystroke Detection; Signal Jammer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2014 17th International Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCITechn.2014.7073146
  • Filename
    7073146