Bluetooth Attack Puts Billions of Devices at Risk
Return To ArticleSecurity researchers have just discovered total 8 zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth protocol that impact more than 5.3 Billion devices—from Android, iOS, Windows and Linux to the Internet of things (IoT) devices—using the short-range wireless communication technology.
Using these vulnerabilities, security researchers at IoT security firm Armis have devised an attack, dubbed BlueBorne, which could allow attackers to completely take over Bluetooth-enabled devices, spread malware, or even establish a “man-in-the-middle” connection to gain access to devices’ critical data and networks without requiring any victim interaction.
All an attacker need is for the victim’s device to have Bluetooth turned on and obviously, in close proximity to the attacker’s device. Moreover, successful exploitation doesn’t even require vulnerable devices to be paired with the attacker’s device.
