Security News > 2023 > September > Flipper Zero can be used to launch iOS Bluetooth spam attacks
The Flipper Zero portable wireless pen-testing and hacking tool can be used to aggressively spam Bluetooth connection messages at Apple iOS devices, such as iPhones and iPads.
Apple devices supporting Bluetooth Low Energy technology utilize advertising packets to announce their presence to other devices.
This can be used to confuse a target by sending them bogus requests, making it difficult to discern legitimate devices among a large number of fakes or mimic trusted devices to perform phishing attacks.
The researcher says that to perform the attack, the Flipper Zero firmware needs to be updated to enable Bluetooth functionality, and the 'gap.
While most of these attacks require the Flipper Zero to be in close proximity to an iOS device, the researcher told TechCrunch that he developed a technique that would work over thousands of feet using an amplifier.
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