Security Researchers Hacked a Computer by Recording its Noises with a Smartphone

There are a few things that will catch us unexpected and this might be one of them – noises from your computer can be decoded and used to extract personal information about your password. It’s called acoustic cryptanalysis key extraction, and it can be done with ease using a smartphone placed next to a computer in a cafe.

The attack can extract full 4096-bit RSA decryption keys from laptop computers (of various models), within an hour, using the sound generated by the computer during the decryption of some chosen ciphertexts.

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