Re: [TSCM-L] Jitterbugs?

From: Gregory Hicks <ghi..._at_cadence.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:35:24 -0700 (PDT)

> From: "Jim" <Jim.Gre..._at_gmail.com>
> To: "TSCM-L Professionals List" <TSCM-..._at_googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [TSCM-L] Jitterbugs?
> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:12:26 -0000
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Long time reader, first time poster.
>
> I run a small infosec security consulting firm in the San Francisco
bay
> area; most of my clients are medium-size banks and other financial
> services companies.
>
> Anyway, what prompted me to post was an article that one of my clients
> just forwarded me about something called "Jitterbugs" that someone at
> Penn State apparently discovered
> http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060807-010302-7414r

See this page for a listing of all of Matt Blaze's papers - as well as s
short discussion of jitterbugs as well as a pointer to the USNIX paper.

http://www.crypto.com/papers/

>
> Anyone know more about this threat or know where to find the actual
> device // research? Keyboard recorders are a BIG concern for several
> of my clients. I've discovered several keyboard recorders in sweeps,
> one of which was apparently put in by a foreign government (that's
> another story though). So I want to stay on top of this area.
>
> Thanks all!!
>
> Jim
>
>
> >

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