Smart Bulb Offers Light, Color, Music, and… Data Exfiltration?

Smart bulbs are widely known as a successful offering in home automation and IoT products, as they are internet-capable light bulbs that allow home users to customize the colors, schedule on and off times, and control them remotely. Some even play musi… Continue reading Smart Bulb Offers Light, Color, Music, and… Data Exfiltration?

Bluetooth Gun Safe Cracked By Researchers

Believe it or not, there are quite a few people out there who have purchased gun safes that can be remotely unlocked by Bluetooth. Now we can understand why somebody might think this was a good idea: the convenience of being able to hit a button on your phone and have your weapon available in the heat of the moment is arguably a big selling point for people who are purchasing something like this for home defense. But those with a more technical mind will likely wonder if the inherent risks of having your firearm (or other valuables) protected by …read more

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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