Security News

Bluetooth security: Flaw could allow nearby attacker to grab your private data
2018-07-24 14:58

Patches incoming for Bluetooth bug that could affected Apple, Intel, Broadcom, and some Android devices.

The Bluetooth “device snooping bug” – what you need to know
2018-07-24 11:59

A "Bluetooth snooping" bug, dubbed CVE-2018-5383, was just announced - are you patched, and how can you tell?

New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors
2018-07-24 08:33

Yet another bluetooth hacking technique has been uncovered. A highly critical cryptographic vulnerability has been found affecting some Bluetooth implementations that could allow an...

Bluetooth Vulnerability Allows Traffic Monitoring, Manipulation
2018-07-24 06:19

A high severity vulnerability affecting some Bluetooth implementations can allow an attacker in physical proximity of two targeted devices to monitor and manipulate the traffic they exchange. Some...

Big bad Bluetooth bug battered – but not everyone's got a patch
2018-07-24 02:56

Crypto blunder lets middle-person spy on connections after snooping on pairing With a bunch of security fixes announced and more on the way, details had been made public of a Bluetooth bug that...

Bluetooth Hack Affects 20 Million Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices
2017-11-16 00:43

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...

Bluetooth Vulnerabilities
2017-09-18 11:58

A bunch of Bluetooth vulnerabilities are being reported, some pretty nasty. BlueBorne concerns us because of the medium by which it operates. Unlike the majority of attacks today, which rely on...

Week in review: Dangerous Bluetooth, EU cybersecurity certification, how Equifax hackers got in
2017-09-18 01:30

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: Equifax breach happened because of a missed patch The attackers who breached Equifax managed to do so by...

Billions of Bluetooth-enabled devices vulnerable to new airborne attacks
2017-09-13 13:00

Eight zero-day vulnerabilities affecting the Android, Windows, Linux and iOS implementations of Bluetooth can be exploited by attackers to extract information from, execute malicious code on, or...

Billions of Devices Potentially Exposed to New Bluetooth Attack
2017-09-12 13:07

Billions of Android, iOS, Windows and Linux devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new attack that can be carried out remotely without any user interaction, researchers warned. read more