Security News

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

Wireless ‘BlueBorne’ Attacks Target Billions of Bluetooth Devices
2017-09-12 13:00

Bluetooth attack vector, dubbed ‘BlueBorne’, leaves billions of smart Bluetooth devices open to attack including Android and Apple phones and millions more Linux-based smart devices.

BlueBorne: Critical Bluetooth Attack Puts Billions of Devices at Risk of Hacking
2017-09-12 10:11

If you are using a Bluetooth enabled device, be it a smartphone, laptop, smart TV or any other IoT device, you are at risk of malware attacks that can carry out remotely to take over your device...

Bluetooth now supports mesh networking, ideally suited for building automation (Help Net Security)
2017-07-19 13:31

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced today that Bluetooth technology now supports mesh networking. The new mesh capability enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is...