ThermoSecure: Investigating the effectiveness of AI-driven thermal attacks on commonly used computer keyboards

N Alotaibi, J Williamson, M Khamis - ACM Transactions on Privacy and …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Thermal cameras can reveal heat traces on user interfaces, such as keyboards. This can be
exploited maliciously to infer sensitive input, such as passwords. While previous work …

In the quest to protect users from {Side-Channel} attacks–a {User-Centred} design space to mitigate thermal attacks on public payment terminals

K Marky, S Macdonald, Y Abdrabou… - 32nd usenix security …, 2023 - usenix.org
Thermal attacks are an emerging threat that enables the reconstruction of user input after
interaction with a device by analysing heat traces. There are several ways to protect users …

Development of a Matrix-style Pressure sensing Pin-Pad Module with Tactile Feedback

HSUF CHANG, SJYE CHANG - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2024 - Elsevier
Conventional key-based passcode entry systems, typically implemented through physical
keyboards, are widely used for protecting and inputting personal data. However, these …

Conducting and Mitigating Portable Thermal Imaging Attacks on User Authentication using AI-driven Methods

SA Macdonald, NMT Alotaibi, MS Islam… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Thermal cameras have become portable enough to integrate into wearables, such as
glasses, and can be used maliciously to infer passwords observing heat traces left on …