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 without any user interaction.
Security researchers have found 8 vulnerabilities found to be present in over 5.3 Billion devices ranging from Android, iOS, Windows and Linux to the Internet of things (IOT) devices using Bluetooth.
All the attacker needs is for the victim to have turned Bluetooth on and in close range to the attacker's device. Moreover, successful exploitation doesn't need devices to be paired.
BlueBorne: Wormable Bluetooth Attack
Ben Seri, head of research team at Armis Labs, claims that during an experiment in the lab, his team was able to create a botnet network and install ransomware using the BlueBorne attack.
However, Seri believes that it is difficult for even a skilled attacker to create a universal wormable exploit that could find Bluetooth-enabled devices, target all platform together and spread automatically from one infected device to others.
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This is a really serious issue, maybe we shouldn't turn on Bluetooth again 😂😂😂😂
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