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Undocumented backdoor found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
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this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2025
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This is really bad as most cheap IOT devices using this chip will not receive an update all.
Would like to see a smartphone app testing this out via bluetooth so we could do some damage control at least and take them offline.
Am I misunderstanding the article? It seemed to imply remote intrusion required either Bluetooth proximity, or physical USB access.
Correct, but as bluetooth is possible over a certain range, "drive by attacks" might be possible.