For users who have updated to iOS 17, the attack can be blocked by turning the iPhone's Bluetooth off in the Settings app—toggling Bluetooth in the Control Centre panel is insufficient.

As we first reported in yesterday’s weekly security post, researchers at EURECOM have revealed the details (PDF, references) of a new man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack on Bluetooth 4.2 through 5.4 ...

Spectra is a new attack class demonstrated in this DEF CON talk, which is focused on Broadcom and Cypress WiFi/Bluetooth combo chips. On a combo chip, WiFi and Bluetooth run on separate processing ...

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This new attack seems to focus on iOS 17 devices ... One of the ways is just an annoying message showing that a Bluetooth low-energy device is nearby. Another one, for example, makes your iPhone ...

More than 110 million Bluetooth-equipped solutions for finding personal items are expected to ship this year alone, according ...