Billions of Devices Potentially Exposed to New Bluetooth Attack

itman · Sep 12, 2017

Billions of Android, iOS, Windows and Linux devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new attack that can be carried out remotely without any user interaction, researchers warned.

Armis Labs, a company that specializes in protecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices, has discovered a total of eight Bluetooth implementation vulnerabilities that expose mobile, desktop and IoT systems to an attack it has dubbed “BlueBorne.”

According to the security firm, the attack only requires Bluetooth to be enabled on the targeted device – no pairing is needed between the victim and the attacker’s device, and the Bluetooth connection does not even have to be discoverable.
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http://www.securityweek.com/billions-devices-potentially-exposed-new-bluetooth-attack

ronjor · Sep 12, 2017

Multiple Bluetooth implementation vulnerabilities affect many devices

Original Release date: 12 Sep 2017 | Last revised: 12 Sep 2017
Solution
Apply an update
Patches are available in the latest releases of Windows (see Microsoft bulletin), iOS, the Linux kernel, and Android (see September 2017 security bulletin).
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RockLobster · Sep 12, 2017

Predictable

Rasheed187 · Sep 16, 2017

Never trusted Bluetooth and I believe it can also be bad for health.

guest · Jun 9, 2018

Lenovo Finally Patches Ancient BlueBorne Bugs in Tab and Yoga Tablets
June 8, 2018
https://threatpost.com/lenovo-finally-patches-ancient-blueborne-bugs-in-tab-and-yoga-tablets/132703/

Nine months after researchers warned of the BlueBorne remote code execution bug, Lenovo said Thursday a patch is finally available for three popular lines of its Android tablets.

BlueBorne vulnerabilities are considered high severity flaws, according to the Lenovo’s writeup of the patches released on Thursday. A spokesperson for Lenovo said that this latest round of BlueBorne patches completed the company’s patching for the bugs.

“We were done with laptops a while ago and this wraps it up with the tablets,” a Lenovo spokesperson told Threatpost. The company said it was not typical for Lenovo to wait so long to issue a security patch.
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