A new security flaw in the Bluetooth software stack discovered over the summer has the potential to affect billions of smartphones, laptops and IoT devices using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE ...

BLE spoofing on Android devices is now as easy as using a smartphone, thanks to a new app that mimics the Flipper Zero's features.

Researchers found that BlueZ (Linux-based IoT devices), Fluoride (Android), and the iOS BLE stack were all vulnerable to BLESA attacks, while the BLE stack in Windows devices was immune.

The vulnerability was, however, found in BlueZ, a Linux-based implementation of BLE used in “internet of things” devices; Flouride, used in Android; and in the iOS BLE stack.

According to the data, the researchers found that BlueZ (Linux-based IoT devices), Fluoride (Android) and the iOS BLE stack are those which are vulnerable to BLESA attacks. While the BLE stack in ...

Specifically, Linux-based BlueZ IoT devices, Android-based Fluoride and the iOS BLE stack are all vulnerable, while Windows implementations of BLE remain unaffected, they said.

Android L-which may later be called Android Lollipop-has been previewed at Google I/O. The changelog has also been released and in the coding there is something called BLE Peripheral Mode.

Intel recommends updating to Linux kernel 5.9 to mitigate a serious flaw Google found in the Linux Bluetooth stack.

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