Information Security Management: Attacks on wireless devices

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Attacks on wireless devices such as mice and keyboards have become very easy over the past decades. People have found new ways of hacking and manipulating different systems, which allows them to hack these devices (Kovacs, 2016). The hackers control the victim's mouse and keyboards using a USB dongle and a few lines of coding using the python language.
The keyboard strokes are encrypted as a way of preventing sniffing by hackers and any other unauthorized personnel. However, the disadvantage is that the mouse's movements are not encrypted, making the hack easy. The two most common hacks involve eavesdropping and keystroke injection. Eavesdropping allows the hacker to gain ...