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Experts hacked Bluetooth test for COVID-19

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyDecember 24, 2021

Researchers at F-Secure hacked a home Bluetooth COVID-19 test and were able to fake the test result. For testing, the experts took the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test device, which uses an analyzer that connects to a smartphone via Bluetooth and works in tandem with the

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New Bluetooth Attack Allows Simulating Another Device

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMay 25, 2021

Experts from the National Agency for Information Systems Security (ANSSI) have discovered a new attack on Bluetooth that allows them simulating another device. The researchers said that there were problems in the Bluetooth Core and Mesh Profile specifications that allow an

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Google and Intel experts warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs in Linux

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyOctober 15, 2020

Google and Intel engineers warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs that threaten all but the latest Linux kernel versions. The bugs are collectively known as BleedingTooth and are associated with the BlueZ stack, which is widely used in Linux distributions, as well as consumer and