Inbox filling up with "confirm your registration" emails – what kind of attack is this? [duplicate]

My google inbox is filling up with hundreds and hundreds of "please confirm your new account on our website" messages. A coworker reports he had the same thing happen to him a couple of weeks ago. What kind of bizarre attack is… Continue reading Inbox filling up with "confirm your registration" emails – what kind of attack is this? [duplicate]

Bluetooth Low Energy – Relationship between PINs and man-in-the-middle attacks

In the Bluetooth core document, there are various Association Models, I’m trying to understand Numeric Comparison, where both devices are capable of showing a six-digit number (which I will call the PIN, although apparently t… Continue reading Bluetooth Low Energy – Relationship between PINs and man-in-the-middle attacks

Bluetooth Low Energy – Relationship between PINs and man-in-the-middle attacks

In the Bluetooth core document, there are various Association Models, I’m trying to understand Numeric Comparison, where both devices are capable of showing a six-digit number (which I will call the PIN, although apparently t… Continue reading Bluetooth Low Energy – Relationship between PINs and man-in-the-middle attacks

Intercepting Bluetooth LE communication with an app on the same mobile device

I’m thinking about man-in-the-middle attacks on a BLE connection … normally when people talk about MITM attacks it’s a separate device that sits between the mobile phone/tablet and the BLE device, which immediately limits its effectivene… Continue reading Intercepting Bluetooth LE communication with an app on the same mobile device