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Title: Bluetooth security flaws allow connections to be hijacked; AirDrop unlikely to be affected [U] Post by: HCK on December 05, 2023, 04:05:13 pm Bluetooth security flaws allow connections to be hijacked; AirDrop unlikely to be affected
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/11/Bluetooth-security-flaws-BLUFFS.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Update: Whether <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/airdrop/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AirDrop[/url] is vulnerable to this exploit is unclear, but the odds are against it. See the update at the end.</p> <p>Two newly-discovered <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/bluetooth/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bluetooth[/url] security (https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/) flaws allow attackers to hijack the connections of all devices using Bluetooth 4.2 to 5.4 inclusive – that is, all devices between late 2014 and now.</p> <p>Six separate exploits have been demonstrated, allowing both device impersonations and man-in-the-middle attacks …</p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/29/bluetooth-security-flaws-bluffs/#more-921396" data-post-id="921396" data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="airdrop,bluetooth,security" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: Bluetooth security flaws allow connections to be hijacked; AirDrop unlikely to be affected (https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/29/bluetooth-security-flaws-bluffs/) |