{"id":2551,"date":"2017-09-12T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2017-09-12T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:22:01","slug":"blueborne-critical-bluetooth-attack-puts-billions-of-devices-at-risk-of-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"BlueBorne: Critical Bluetooth Attack Puts Billions of Devices at Risk of Hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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 even without requiring any interaction from your side.<\/p>\n

Security researchers have just\u00a0discovered<\/a>\u00a0total 8 zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth protocol that impact more than 5.3 Billion devices\u2014from Android, iOS, Windows and Linux to the Internet of things (IoT) devices\u2014using the short-range wireless communication technology.<\/p>\n

Using these vulnerabilities, security researchers at IoT security firm Armis have devised an attack, dubbed\u00a0BlueBorne<\/b>, 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: BlueBorne: Critical Bluetooth Attack Puts Billions of Devices at Risk of Hacking<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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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 even without requiring any interaction from your side. Security researchers have just\u00a0discovered\u00a0total 8…<\/p>\n

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