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Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations (www.heise.de)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Bluetooth chipset installed in popular models from major manufacturers is vulnerable. Hackers could use it to initiate calls and eavesdrop on devices.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There's lots of money to be made by inserting a hardware back door in your product then later disclosing it as an unfixable vulnerability and force your customers to buy new hardware which has the same but different backdoor. Repeat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago

Thanks, I hate it. Vulnerable to your competitor red teaming it tho...