A Dozen Vulnerabilities Affect Millions of Bluetooth LE Powered Devices

A team of cybersecurity researchers late last week disclosed the existence of 12 potentially severe security vulnerabilities, collectively named ‘SweynTooth,’ affecting millions of Bluetooth-enabled wireless smart devices worldwide—and worryingly, a fe… Continue reading A Dozen Vulnerabilities Affect Millions of Bluetooth LE Powered Devices

New Bluetooth Vulnerability Lets Attackers Spy On Encrypted Connections

Over a billion Bluetooth-enabled devices, including smartphones, laptops, smart IoT devices, and industrial devices, have been found vulnerable to a high severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to spy on data transmitted between the two devic… Continue reading New Bluetooth Vulnerability Lets Attackers Spy On Encrypted Connections

Xiaomi Electric Scooters Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Remote Hacks

Smart devices definitely make our lives easier, faster, and more efficient, but unfortunately, an insecure smart device can also ruin your day, or sometime could even turn into the worst nightmare of your life.

If you are an electric scooter rider, yo… Continue reading Xiaomi Electric Scooters Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Remote Hacks

Two New Bluetooth Chip Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Remote Attacks

Security researchers have unveiled details of two critical vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips embedded in millions of access points and networking devices used by enterprises around the world.

Dubbed BleedingBit, the set of two vulner… Continue reading Two New Bluetooth Chip Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Remote Attacks

New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors

Yet another bluetooth hacking technique has been uncovered.

A highly critical cryptographic vulnerability has been found affecting some Bluetooth implementations that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker in physical proximity of targeted de… Continue reading New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors

Bluetooth Hack Affects 20 Million Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices

Remember BlueBorne?

A series of recently disclosed critical Bluetooth flaws that affect billions of Android, iOS, Windows and Linux devices have now been discovered in millions of AI-based voice-activated personal assistants, including Google Home and… Continue reading Bluetooth Hack Affects 20 Million Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices

BlueBorne: Critical Bluetooth Attack Puts Billions of Devices at Risk of Hacking

If you are using a Bluetooth enabled device, be it a smartphone, laptop, smart TV or any other IoT device, you are at risk of malware attacks that can carry out remotely to take over your device even without requiring any interaction from your side.

Security researchers have just discovered total 8 zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth protocol that impact more than 5.3 Billion devices—from

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Hackers Could Easily Take Remote Control of Your Segway Hoverboards

If you are hoverboard rider, you should be concerned about yourself.

Thomas Kilbride, a security researcher from security firm IOActive, have discovered several critical vulnerabilities in Segway Ninebot miniPRO that could be exploited by hackers to r… Continue reading Hackers Could Easily Take Remote Control of Your Segway Hoverboards

Ubertooth – Open Source Bluetooth Sniffer

Ubertooth is an open source Bluetooth sniffer and is essentially a development platform for Bluetooth experimentation. It runs best as a native Linux install and should work fine from within a VM. Ubertooth ships with a capable BLE (Bluetooth Smart) sn… Continue reading Ubertooth – Open Source Bluetooth Sniffer

How to Hack Smart Bluetooth Locks and IoT Devices — Check this Out

Bluetooth Low Energy, also known as Bluetooth Smart or Bluetooth 4, is the leading protocol designed for connecting IoT devices, medical equipment, smart homes and like most emerging technologies, security is often an afterthought.

As devices become m… Continue reading How to Hack Smart Bluetooth Locks and IoT Devices — Check this Out