Numerical passwords compromised via WiFi in new attack

BleepingComputer reports that numerical passwords could be exfiltrated from WiFi-connected smartphones using the novel WiKI-Eve attack technique, which exploits the beamforming feedback information feature to yield up to 90% accuracy in determining numeric keystrokes.

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