some wireless keyboards can be spied on by hackers lurking nearby, according to research released by cybersecurity firm Bastille.
The “vast majority” of low-cost wireless keyboards are vulnerable to an attack researchers have dubbed “KeySniffer”, according to the company.
“When we purchase a wireless keyboard we reasonably expect that the manufacturer has designed and built security into the core of the product,” said Marc Newlin, the Bastille researcher who discovered the vulnerability.
"Unfortunately, we tested keyboards from 12 manufacturers and were disappointed to find that eight manufacturers (two-thirds) were susceptible to the KeySniffer hack."The attack allows hackers up to 80m away to eavesdrop on people as they type - potentially sucking credit card numbers, usernames, passwords and personal information shared with confidants