RSA Key Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Acoustic Cryptanalysis

BobbyDigi

I don't completely understand this but what I do understand is AMAZING!

Worth the read:
http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/acoustic/

MiracleManS

While absolutely interesting, it still requires relatively nearby/physical access to the machine to pull off. Very interesting and novel approach though.

Tushon

Not only nearby access, but you have to force the "secure" PC to decrypt your chosen ciphertexts for an hour, which means compromising physical and software based security for an extended period of time. Not out of the realm of possibility at all, but if you already had software access, why even try to get the key? Just take your data and send it offsite or whatever.

Still interesting