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spy on smart homes
How neighbors could spy on smart homes

Even with strong wireless encryption, privacy in connected homes may be thinner than expected. A new study from Leipzig University shows that someone in an adjacent apartment …

The Wireless Cookbook
Review: The Wireless Cookbook

The Wireless Cookbook is a project-centered guide to working with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LoRa, written with the Raspberry Pi as the main platform. It is aimed at people who …

emergency communication
New system aims to keep people connected when networks fail

When disaster strikes, communication often fails. Cell towers can go offline, internet connections can disappear, and people are left without a way to share information or ask …

Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.1 released, enhances privacy and power efficiency

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has released Bluetooth 6.1, and one of the most important new features is an update to how devices manage privacy and power. The update, …

BlueToolkit
BlueToolkit: Open-source Bluetooth Classic vulnerability testing framework

BlueToolkit is an open-source tool that helps find security flaws in Bluetooth Classic devices. It runs known and custom exploits to test if a device is vulnerable. Right now, …

Raspberry Pi Bluetooth
Open-source project enables Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Wi-Fi network configuration

Remote.It released its open-source project to enable Raspberry Pi Bluetooth (BLE) Wi-Fi network configuration. The project allows a computer or mobile device to easily …

Bluetooth
Firmware update hides Bluetooth fingerprints

A smartphone’s unique Bluetooth fingerprint could be used to track the device’s user–until now. A team of researchers has developed a simple firmware update that can …

BSAM
BSAM: Open-source methodology for Bluetooth security assessment

Many wireless headsets using Bluetooth technology have vulnerabilities that may allow malicious individuals to covertly listen in on private conversations, Tarlogic Security …

COVID-19
Issue in digital COVID-19 test could have allowed individuals to falsify results

WithSecure and Cue Health have worked together to address a security issue that WithSecure discovered in Cue’s COVID-19 test, which delivers the results of a nasal swab test …

Hardware
Renesas develops wireless microcontrollers to support Bluetooth 5.3 LE specification

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that it is developing new microcontrollers (MCUs) that will support the recently released Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy (LE) …

Software
Keysight’s IoT Security Assessment software offers automated cybersecurity validation of IoT devices

Keysight Technologies has delivered a new Internet of Things (IoT) Security Assessment software solution that enables IoT chip and device manufacturers, as well as …

Bluetooth mesh
Digital key builds on past practices to create a more secure future

Too often, we assume that new technology replaces the old, but technology often builds off past generations, ideas, and success, rather than abandoning it altogether. Some …

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