Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology that connects various devices and allows restricted types of ad hoc networks to be fashioned. The main difference between Bluetooth and other wireless ...

After two Israeli researchers published a paper earlier this month explaining how security mechanisms in short-range wireless Bluetooth technology could be quickly undermined, members of the Bluetooth ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. Bluetooth technology has become an essential part of our ...

Researchers at Eurecom have developed six new attacks collectively named 'BLUFFS' that can break the secrecy of Bluetooth sessions, allowing for device impersonation and man-in-the-middle (MitM) ...

Apple users could be affected by newly discovered Bluetooth flaws, allowing attackers to impersonate devices — even those with the newest version of Bluetooth. A team at Eurecom, a research ...

Yaniv Shaked and Avishai Wool of Tel Aviv University have been able to compromise Bluetooth devices in as little as 0.06 seconds -- nearly real time -- by first forcing two to "pair," the term used ...