The PIN Inference Attack relies on motion sensor data to detect subtle movements of the phone while a user enters a PIN on the touchscreen. The study proposes that each keypress produces unique ...

To conduct the tests, the team trained an artificial neural network with data collected from people who actively key in PINs to access various accounts. They then used a javascript exploit delivered ...

The new study in London found that people can reveal their security PINs and passwords with just a tilt of their smartphones. This is because of the motion sensor present in the phones. In just five ...

So here’s some worrying news: Hackers can actually find out your PIN and passwords just by analysing the way you tilt a phone in your hand. The revelation comes from cyber experts at Newcastle ...

It's possible to crack PINs with a 70% accuracy on the 1st guess, 100% by the fifth guess, reveals study London: Hackers can steal your PINs and passwords just from the motion of your phone when you ...

A new study has revealed just how easy it is for hackers to use the sensors in mobile devices to crack four-digit PINs and to access a wide variety of other information about users. Cyber-security ...

Most people are aware that their smartphones aren't completely safe from hackers, but it turns out that they're even less safe than most people realise. According to a new study by Newcastle ...

It seems the smarter phones get, the more ways there are to compromise them. New research shows that hackers could potentially steal a mobile device's pin number and other data just by monitoring the ...

Last year Apple patched iOS after cyber researchers from the UK demonstrated that a malicious webpage could use iPhone sensors to detect a passcode. The technique was so accurate that the team had a ...