Security News

North Korea-Linked 'ScarCruft' Adds Bluetooth Harvester to Toolkit
2019-05-13 15:29

A North Korea-linked threat group tracked as ScarCruft, APT37 and Group123 continues to evolve and expand its toolkit, Kaspersky Lab reported on Monday. read more

Key to success: Tenants finally get physical keys after suing landlords for fitting Bluetooth smart-lock to front door
2019-05-08 21:44

Big Apple residents weren't too appy with apartment block's high-tech security system The owners of a Manhattan apartment block have agreed to give their tenants mechanical keys to end a court...

Google Patches Critical Bluetooth RCE Bug
2019-03-11 19:14

In all, Google reported 45 bugs in its March update with 11 ranked critical and 33 rated high.

Bluetooth “gas station” warning on Facebook – truth or hoax? [VIDEO]
2019-02-22 01:19

Can your phone reliably detect card skimmers using Bluetooth alone? Find out in the latest Naked Security Live video...

New Breed of Fuel Pump Skimmer Uses SMS and Bluetooth
2019-02-21 13:43

Fraud investigators say they've uncovered a sophisticated new breed of credit card skimmers being installed at gas pumps that is capable of relaying stolen card data via mobile text message,...

Bluetooth enhances support for location services with new direction finding feature
2019-01-29 03:05

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) revealed a new direction finding feature that holds the potential to enhance the performance of Bluetooth location services solutions. The new feature...

Texas Instruments flicks Armis' Bluetooth chip vuln off its shoulder
2018-12-11 10:32

Yeah, we've patched that one, adds Cisco Texas Instruments has rather feebly slapped down infosec researchers' findings on a so-called Bleedingbit Bluetooth Low Energy vulnerability after a more...

Rigado Gateway to use new AWS IoT Greengrass features enabling Bluetooth to cloud integration
2018-12-05 02:00

Internet of Things (IoT) applications and solutions using Bluetooth sensors now have a path from device to the cloud with little to no coding required. Rigado’s Cascade IoT Gateway has integrated...

New Vehicle Hack Exposes Users’ Private Data Via Bluetooth
2018-11-19 17:25

People who have synced their mobile phones with a wide variety of vehicle infotainment systems may have have their personal information exposed to a new type of vehicle hack, security researchers...

Two New Bluetooth Chip Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Remote Attacks
2018-11-01 18:48

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...