What's a term to describe multiple shoulder surfing attacks to uncover different parts of the password?

Question

Is there an existing term that describes shoulder surfing attacks where the adversary observes a different part of the password each time, to eventually construct the whole password?

An example would be focusing on the left part of the keyboard at an occasion, focusing on the right part at a different occasion, then combining the observations.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '15 at 23:19

3

I don't believe there is an official term. I might coin the phrase: "Constructive Shoulder Surfing" or "Iterative Shoulder Surfing"

answered Apr 08 '15 at 23:19

schroeder

129,372
55
299
340

I like "Iterative Shoulder Surfing" :) – cybermike Apr 09 '15 at 00:15
2

Advanced Shoulder Surfing with Half Observable Length Enumeration – this.josh Apr 09 '15 at 00:34
@this.josh I want to promote your term in hopes he actually uses it in an academic paper. – schroeder Apr 09 '15 at 01:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '15 at 06:20

0

The term surveillance comes to mind.

answered Apr 09 '15 at 06:20

wireghoul

5,959
2
18
26

What's a term to describe multiple shoulder surfing attacks to uncover different parts of the password?

2 Answers2