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Wireless 'BlueBorne' Attacks Target Billions of Bluetooth Devices (threatpost.com)
2 points by 0x4542 on Sept 13, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Basically there's a bunch of different vulnerabilities in various chipsets and operating systems that can, in some cases, allow remote code execution.

The most common fault seems to allow a remote attacker to pretend to be an internet connection for a bluetooth enabled device and perform man in the middle attacks.

Wait for your OS vendor to push out updates and make sure websites you visit are using HTTPS.




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