• Security researchers have discovered new Bluetooth security flaws that allow hackers to impersonate devices and perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

  • The vulnerabilities impact all devices with Bluetooth 4.2 through Bluetooth 5.4, including laptops, PCs, smartphones, tablets, and others.

  • Users can do nothing at the moment to fix the vulnerabilities, and the solution requires device manufacturers to make changes to the security mechanisms used by the technology.

Research paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3576915.3623066

Github: https://github.com/francozappa/bluffs

CVE: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24023

    • arandomthought
      13·
      1 year ago

      It’s such an apple thing to do. “Alright, you want to turn off Bluetooth, okay. But we think it’s better to have it on, and we know better, so, you know: Tomorrow’s another day.” At that point I don’t own my device, I’m hostage negotiating with it.

      • hemmes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You can goto Settings and turn off Bluetooth completely. It’s one of the first options in Settings.

    • anewbeginning@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I have a shortcut setup to turn it off and have the 3 tap on the back gesture to activate it. It’s always off unless I need it.