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This is new research on a Bluetooth vulnerability (called BIAS) that allows someone to impersonate a trusted device: Abstract: Bluetooth (BR/EDR) is a pervasive technology for wireless communication used by billions of devices. The Bluetooth standard i… Continue reading Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS
This is new research on a Bluetooth vulnerability (called BIAS) that allows someone to impersonate a trusted device: Abstract: Bluetooth (BR/EDR) is a pervasive technology for wireless communication used by billions of devices. The Bluetooth standard includes a legacy authentication procedure and a secure authentication procedure, allowing devices to authenticate to each other using a long term key. Those procedures… Continue reading Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS
I live in an apartment complex with lots of people, and oftentimes I would be able to see Bluetooth devices that do not belong to me on my iPhone or MacBook when I search for my Bluetooth device.
Does Apple tell you/ask by default before… Continue reading Can people hack your iPhone Via Bluetooth if you leave it on?
At the end of 2019 there were 7.6 billion active IoT devices, a figure which will grow to 24.1 billion in 2030, a CAGR of 11%, according to a research published by Transforma Insights. Short range technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee, will… Continue reading Number of active IoT devices expected to reach 24.1 billion in 2030
Apple’s efforts to overcome the limitations of Bluetooth is a proprietary system called MagicPairing, but there are flaws in the magic. Continue reading Apple “MagicPairing” for AirPods – the magic isn’t perfect yet
A host of unpatched security bugs that allow BIAS attacks affects Bluetooth chips from Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung and others. Continue reading Bluetooth Bugs Allow Impersonation Attacks on Legions of Devices
I received a parcel from Amazon which I did not order, addressed to me. It contained Bluetooth earphones. It may just be part of a brushing scam, but it’s got me curious.
So my question is.. Could a Bluetooth device be disguised as earpho… Continue reading Can Bluetooth "headphones" be malicious?
From time to time, I see this dialog box pop up on my MacBook Pro screen. It typically happens as the computer wakes up from sleep.
Magic keyboard is trying to connect using an unsecured Bluetooth connection. Unsecured Bluetooth acc… Continue reading Apple bluetooth keyboard insecure connection?
In the context of contact tracing, I have a privacy question.
I have read a few (and “few” is already a bad thing) articles about Bluetooth contact tracing, especially in the context of the Sars-Cov2 pandemic. There are huge privacy conce… Continue reading Anonimity of Bluetooth tokens
Orange Amplification has been in the audio business for over 50 years, helping to throw out sounds from likes of Jimmy Page, John McVie, Jim Root, Billy Gibbons, Orianthi and Glenn Hughes along the way. The brand makes ear candy too, and has now launch… Continue reading Orange rides the wireless wave with the Crest Edition BT headphones